运用错误分析理论探讨大学英语写作错误归因——大学英语教学改革实践课题之一

Application of Theory on Error Analysis to Analyzing the Causes of Students' Errors in Writing

英语写作在大学阶段是中学英语写作的延续 ,但要提高写作质量难度还是很大。本文认真探讨错误分析理论 ,对实际收集的学生作文中的错误进行统计、分类 ,观察错误的分布、各类的比重 ,并从迁移、过度概括和简化等方面分析错误产生的原因 ,希望对将来写作的教学策略、教学侧重点等有所帮助。

College English writing is the continuation of English writing of the middle school, but so far as we know, it is still rather difficult to improve the quality of students' writing. This article conducts a deep-going research into the theory on error analysis in order to apply this theory to examining errors and mistakes gathered from the students' articles. And the errors are counted and classified so as to make it possible to observe the distribution and proportion of different kinds of errors. Furthermore, the writer analyses the reasons that cause these errors in terms of three aspects, viz., transfer, over-generalization and simplification. This research will be conducive to the appropriate adoption of teaching strategies and decision on teaching focal points.