语块理论在英语专业口语教学中应用探析

On the Employment of Chunk Theory to Spoken English Teaching

以语块理论为基础,收集本校英语专业二年级一个班学生的三分钟口头独白,建立了一个小型的语料库,对其中的语块进行提取、分类,试图对英语专业学生口语中语块的使用特征,以及高分组和低分组在语块的使用频率、语块的分布及多样性差异进行探析,并对其原因进行分析,以期对口语教学及口语教材的编写提供实证依据。

Based on the chunk theory, this study first collects three-minute monologues of all English majors from a sophomore class and establishes a mini corpus.It then identifies and classifies the chunks in these oral products and analyzes features of them and differences in their frequency, distribution, and variety between the two groups---the higher score group and the lower score group.It finally discusses the causes of these differences which may provide support for oral English teachers and textbooks compi-ling in this aspect.