普通高校非英语专业学生英语语块能力调查

Study on Non- English Majors' Competence in English Lexical Chunks

语块是语言使用中习惯性共现的词语组合。英语学习者的语块能力与语言综合能力密切相关。借助问卷和访谈手段对一所地方性普通高校(常州工学院)某非英语专业大学生的英语语块能力进行了调查、统计和分析,发现学生在语块的理解和产出方面都存在着较大问题;而且,大一和大二学生之间不存在明显差别。这种情况表明在当前的英语教学和学习中,教师和学生都严重缺乏语块意识,急需探索有效的教学策略以提升学生的语块能力。

Lexical chunks are habitual co- occurrence of words. English learners＂ competence in lexical chunks is closely related to their comprehensive language ability. This paper investigates the non - English majors＂ competence in English lexieal chunks with questionnaire and interview. The investigation finds that the students have difficulty in the un- derstanding and production of lexieal chunks, and there is no significant difference between performance of the freshmen and sophomores. The results show that hoth teachers and students have poor awareness of lexical chunks, and effective teaching strategies should be explored to raise the students＇lexical chunks.