二语学术写作中元语言反馈的效度研究

Study on the Validity of Metalinguistic Explanation in Second Language Academic Writing

近年来,书面纠正性反馈是二语写作和二语习得研究中极富争议的话题。本研究重点在于考察元语言这种书面纠正性反馈的有效性,及其对于学生二语学术写作中语言习得的作用。本研究采用“前测–干预–后测”的实验设计,通过学术论文引言写作及方法论写作两种测试方式,来考察反馈的效果。实验结果显示,元语言反馈的方式在一定程度上可以促进相关语法知识的习得。

In recent years, the topic of written corrective feedback remains controversial in the field of Second Language Writing and Second Language Acquisition. This study aims at examining the va-lidity of metalinguistic explanation in second language academic writing. It adopts the experiment design of “pretest-intervention-posttest” to examine the effectiveness of metalinguistic explanation by the introduction and methodology writing of academic papers. Results show that metalinguistic explanation can effectively promote the acquisition of grammatical knowledge to some extent.