This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one exp...This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one expository essay,both of which had an English version and a Chinese version.The analysis of the data using the Antconc software demonstrated that the effects of alignment occurred in the two types of continued compositions to some extent.And learners committed fewer errors when continuing the English-version task.In addition,learners were required to complete a questionnaire.The questionnaire results showed that the continuation task,as a practical teaching mode,can facilitate the students’writing and learning.展开更多
The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continua...The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continuation tasks on English materi-als called Chon and Charles by two Chinese linguistics-major graduates (EFL learners). The results show that alignment is ubiqui-tous both linguistically and thematically, and the reading and writing are tightly coupled. This indicates that the continuation task will significantly benefit second language writing pedagogy if applied appropriately.展开更多
文摘This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one expository essay,both of which had an English version and a Chinese version.The analysis of the data using the Antconc software demonstrated that the effects of alignment occurred in the two types of continued compositions to some extent.And learners committed fewer errors when continuing the English-version task.In addition,learners were required to complete a questionnaire.The questionnaire results showed that the continuation task,as a practical teaching mode,can facilitate the students’writing and learning.
文摘The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continuation tasks on English materi-als called Chon and Charles by two Chinese linguistics-major graduates (EFL learners). The results show that alignment is ubiqui-tous both linguistically and thematically, and the reading and writing are tightly coupled. This indicates that the continuation task will significantly benefit second language writing pedagogy if applied appropriately.
