大学英语写作错误分析对英语教学的启示

Insight into English Teaching Based on Analysis of Errors in College English Writing

英语写作是语言输出技能之一,它体现了英语学习者综合运用英语语言的能力。中国大学生英语写作水平情况如何?通过定量分析,文章对532名非英语专业学生的英语写作情况进行调查,发现他们常犯句式错误、破句错误及搭配错误。母语负迁移和语言输出是影响写作的重要因素,教师在英语教学中应警示搭配错误,加强句式练习,注重词块教学,增强搭配意识,有效提高学习者的英语写作水平。

English writing is one of the language output skills, which reflects English learners＇ ability to use English comprehensively. What is the level of Chinese college students＇ English writing？ After a quantitative analysis of English writing from 532 non -English majors, it is found that they often make errors on sentence patterns, sentence fragments as well as collocation. As mother tongue negative transfer and language output are two key factors in writing, teachers ought to give warnings on collocation errors, emphasize sentence pattern practice, lay a stress on teaching in lexieal chunks and increase the awareness of collocation use in their teaching, to effectively improve learners＇ English writing skills.