高职生英语应用文写作小型语料库的建设实践

Construction of A Small-sized Corpus of Practical English Writing for Vocational College Students

高职生的英语应用文写作能力是高职英语教学的培养目标之一,建设与之相关的学习者语料库对辅助这方面教学十分有益。建设一个小型的高职生英语应用文写作语料库需要经过开发设计、语料采集和语料处理三个主要阶段。这三个阶段相继开展,步步为营,都十分重要。周全的语料库开发设计是语料库整个建设过程顺利进行的前提,语料采集工作须有序进行,语料处理阶段是时间跨度最长,任务强度最大,也是复杂程度最高的阶段,须以认真细心的态度对待。语料库的建设是一项耗时、耗神的工作,但是完成这项工作是一件很有意义的事情。

The English writing skills of vocational college students is one of the training objectives of higher vocational English teaching. The construction of the related learner corpus is of great help for the teaching. Building a small-sized corpus of practical English writings for vocational college students goes through three main stages, development and design, data collection and data processing. The three important stages are completed step by step. Comprehensive corpus development and design are considered to be the precondition of the smooth construction of the corpus. Data collection includes successive procedures. The construction of the corpus is not only time-consuming and energy-demanding, but rewarding.