中国中高级EFL学习者英语搭配知识定量研究

Chinese medium-advanced level EFL learners acquisition of English collocation:A quantitative study

为了解中国中高级学习者英语搭配知识的掌握程度,本文采用横断研究设计方案,设计了三类搭配的接受卷和产出卷,对学习者进行测试。研究发现:(1)受试总体上英语搭配的掌握情况较好,搭配能力与英语水平呈中等正相关;(2)受试对英语三类搭配掌握存在显著差异,动—名搭配的掌握好于其他两类;(3)受试接受性和产出性英语搭配能力差异显著,产出性搭配能力滞后于接受性能力。研究结果对词汇教学与试卷设计都具有一定的参考价值。

The present study attempts to provide a profile of Chinese medium to advanced level EFL learners acquisition of English lexical and grammatical collocations.Using the cross-sectional research design,the researcher constructed a test to examine learners receptive and productive knowledge of three different types of English collocations,namely verb-noun collocation,adjective-noun collocation and verb-preposition collocation.The results show that 1)in general,the subjects appear to have a good command of English collocations,and their scores on collocation test and those of TEM 4 correlate positively at a statistically significant level;2)differences exist in learners use of three different kinds of collocation,and verb-noun collocation seems to be easiest for them;3)learners productive knowledge of collocation lags far behind their receptive knowledge,and the transformation from receptive knowledge into productive skills appears to be a slow and gradual process.The findings shed light on vocabulary teaching and test design.