Nominalization is one of the grammatical features introduced by Halliday and his colleagues in SFL （Systemic Functional Linguistics） theory. It helps create a style of writing with density, complexity, and abstract....Nominalization is one of the grammatical features introduced by Halliday and his colleagues in SFL （Systemic Functional Linguistics） theory. It helps create a style of writing with density, complexity, and abstract. For English learners, it is crucial to develop nominalization awareness in their writing. This paper first examines the main features ofnominalization in English; it then contrasts the writing style differences before and after the students were taught the features of nominalization and discusses problems found in teaching of nominalization. It finally provides some pedagogical implications for teaching writing to Chinese learners of English.展开更多
文摘Nominalization is one of the grammatical features introduced by Halliday and his colleagues in SFL （Systemic Functional Linguistics） theory. It helps create a style of writing with density, complexity, and abstract. For English learners, it is crucial to develop nominalization awareness in their writing. This paper first examines the main features ofnominalization in English; it then contrasts the writing style differences before and after the students were taught the features of nominalization and discusses problems found in teaching of nominalization. It finally provides some pedagogical implications for teaching writing to Chinese learners of English.
