摘要
This paper investigates the correlation between cohesive knowledge and the quality of English writing of college students, and the difference between higher group and lower group concerning their cohesive knowledge. It also analyzes the subjects' errors in using cohesive devices related to their scores of English writing. The final results suggest that the use of cohesive knowledge has a significant relationship with the quality of students' writing and students who have more cohesive knowledge can write better than students who have less. It concludes that ambiguity in reference, the overuse and misuse of conjunctions, and the restricted use of lexical cohesion are common errors in students writing, and that further attention should be focused on how to teach the use of lexical cohesion and conjunction devices aso as to improve students' writing ability.
该研究目的是探究大学生衔接知识与写作质量的关系;并根据其衔接知识掌握的情况,研究写作中高分组与低分组之间是否有相关性;依据其写作质量的高低,分析作文中衔接方面出现的错误。并提出自己对写作教学的建议。该研究使用定量和定性的方法收集数据,它包括学生的英语作文、衔接知识测试和问卷调查。研究结果表明衔接知识的使用与学生作文质量的高低有明显关系:掌握衔接知识多的学生能写出较好的作文,衔接知识欠缺的学生难以写出高质量的作文。学生作文质量分析的结果表明:学生在使用代词时的主要错误是含糊不清,令人费解;连词使用过于频繁或误用;词汇衔接的选择能力偏低。这表明学生使用连词和词汇衔接的能力决定作文质量的高低,所以写作教师要关注如何教授词汇及连词衔接知识以便提高学生的写作能力。
