This study investigates the effects of exposure frequency and contextual richness in reading on the acquisition of different aspects of vocabulary knowledge. An intact class of 35 second- year English majors read an a...This study investigates the effects of exposure frequency and contextual richness in reading on the acquisition of different aspects of vocabulary knowledge. An intact class of 35 second- year English majors read an adapted story, with the target pseudo words highlighted, and then took ten carefully sequenced vocabulary tests. The test scores were subjected to multiple regression analyses. Follow-up semi-structured interviews were also conducted. The findings show that （a） frequency and contextual richness were closely related to vocabulary knowledge of spelling, grammar and syntax, with frequency playing a more influential role than contextual richness; （b） contextual richness contributed exclusively to gains in meaning and paradigmatic association, while frequency did not exert much influence in this regard; （c） knowledge of spelling and grammar was probably implicitly acquired, whereas word meaning gains required both explicit attention and conscious processing.展开更多
The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. Accordin...The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. According to the data-driven analysis, the research shows that Chinese EFL learners tend to overuse listing conjuncts while underuse other categories. This may result from the limitation of writing topics and the lack of cohesion in their writings. Besides, the incomplete understanding of adverbial conjuncts may cause the avoiding of certain conjuncts and thus turning to the easier listing conjuncts for help.展开更多
文摘This study investigates the effects of exposure frequency and contextual richness in reading on the acquisition of different aspects of vocabulary knowledge. An intact class of 35 second- year English majors read an adapted story, with the target pseudo words highlighted, and then took ten carefully sequenced vocabulary tests. The test scores were subjected to multiple regression analyses. Follow-up semi-structured interviews were also conducted. The findings show that （a） frequency and contextual richness were closely related to vocabulary knowledge of spelling, grammar and syntax, with frequency playing a more influential role than contextual richness; （b） contextual richness contributed exclusively to gains in meaning and paradigmatic association, while frequency did not exert much influence in this regard; （c） knowledge of spelling and grammar was probably implicitly acquired, whereas word meaning gains required both explicit attention and conscious processing.
文摘The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. According to the data-driven analysis, the research shows that Chinese EFL learners tend to overuse listing conjuncts while underuse other categories. This may result from the limitation of writing topics and the lack of cohesion in their writings. Besides, the incomplete understanding of adverbial conjuncts may cause the avoiding of certain conjuncts and thus turning to the easier listing conjuncts for help.
