本文基于自建700175词次学术论文语料库(Academic Paper Corpus,简称APC),借助语料库分析软件WordSmith Tools,从词汇的覆盖率、频率等角度分析研究Coxhead于2000年所推出的由570个词族①所组成的"学术词汇表"(Academic Word ...本文基于自建700175词次学术论文语料库(Academic Paper Corpus,简称APC),借助语料库分析软件WordSmith Tools,从词汇的覆盖率、频率等角度分析研究Coxhead于2000年所推出的由570个词族①所组成的"学术词汇表"(Academic Word List,简称AWL)。结果表明,AWL词族在APC中覆盖率为10.9%,证实了Coxhead学术词汇表及其子表在学术英语教学领域的可行性。通过进一步对比AWL子表和AWL在APC中高频词及其常用搭配,发现各专业领域所侧重的学术词汇并不相同,而AWL子表的统一编排忽视了专业领域的差异。建议根据专业适当改进AWL子表编排,确定更适合的词汇教学顺序和词汇在教材中的频率。展开更多
This paper investigates developmental patterns of metadiscourse use in Chinese students’EAP writing in an English medium university,in comparison with English majors’EFL writing in mainstream state universities and ...This paper investigates developmental patterns of metadiscourse use in Chinese students’EAP writing in an English medium university,in comparison with English majors’EFL writing in mainstream state universities and L1 student writing in UK universities.Taking a longitudinal and cross-contextual perspective,the study explores corpora of L1 and L2 student writing gathered from three sources:EAP essays written by Chinese undergraduate students at an English Medium Instruction(EMI)university;argumentative essays written by English majors in the Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners(WECCL);and academic essays of English L1 students from the British Academic Written English(BAWE)corpus.Hyland’s(2005 a)model of metadiscourse was adopted to identify interactive and interactional devices in each corpus,and results were compared between different levels as well as across the corpora to reveal developmental features.Findings show marked differences in metadiscourse use between Chinese EMI students’EAP essays and English major students’EFL essays in mainstream state universities,whereas a similar pattern of use occurred in EAP essays and English L1 student academic essays.Significant changes were also found between different year levels in two L2 essay corpora.The findings suggest that metadiscourse use in L2 writing had developmental trajectories distinctive to different institutional contexts,with EAP instruction in the EMI institution having mixed effects on Chinese students’awareness and use of metadiscourse in essay writing.展开更多
文摘本文基于自建700175词次学术论文语料库(Academic Paper Corpus,简称APC),借助语料库分析软件WordSmith Tools,从词汇的覆盖率、频率等角度分析研究Coxhead于2000年所推出的由570个词族①所组成的"学术词汇表"(Academic Word List,简称AWL)。结果表明,AWL词族在APC中覆盖率为10.9%,证实了Coxhead学术词汇表及其子表在学术英语教学领域的可行性。通过进一步对比AWL子表和AWL在APC中高频词及其常用搭配,发现各专业领域所侧重的学术词汇并不相同,而AWL子表的统一编排忽视了专业领域的差异。建议根据专业适当改进AWL子表编排,确定更适合的词汇教学顺序和词汇在教材中的频率。
基金supported by Research Development Fund of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Jiangsu Ministry of Education Philosophy and Social Sciences Funding Scheme.
文摘This paper investigates developmental patterns of metadiscourse use in Chinese students’EAP writing in an English medium university,in comparison with English majors’EFL writing in mainstream state universities and L1 student writing in UK universities.Taking a longitudinal and cross-contextual perspective,the study explores corpora of L1 and L2 student writing gathered from three sources:EAP essays written by Chinese undergraduate students at an English Medium Instruction(EMI)university;argumentative essays written by English majors in the Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners(WECCL);and academic essays of English L1 students from the British Academic Written English(BAWE)corpus.Hyland’s(2005 a)model of metadiscourse was adopted to identify interactive and interactional devices in each corpus,and results were compared between different levels as well as across the corpora to reveal developmental features.Findings show marked differences in metadiscourse use between Chinese EMI students’EAP essays and English major students’EFL essays in mainstream state universities,whereas a similar pattern of use occurred in EAP essays and English L1 student academic essays.Significant changes were also found between different year levels in two L2 essay corpora.The findings suggest that metadiscourse use in L2 writing had developmental trajectories distinctive to different institutional contexts,with EAP instruction in the EMI institution having mixed effects on Chinese students’awareness and use of metadiscourse in essay writing.
