Listening is an important input way of language learning,and is closely related to language learning.Now,listening is still a weakness for English learners in colleges.In recent years,many experts and scholars have ex...Listening is an important input way of language learning,and is closely related to language learning.Now,listening is still a weakness for English learners in colleges.In recent years,many experts and scholars have explored the application of lexical chunks in teaching,trying to solve the problem of students’vocabulary acquisition.However,there are relatively few researches between lexical chunks and listening achievement.Based on the lexical chunks theory,the research finds that lexical chunks teaching can relieve students’anxiety in English listening,improve their English listening scores,and stimulate students’chunk consciousness.展开更多
Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospec...Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospect in teaching college English writing.Lexical chunk is semi-refined language,which can be used as a whole stored in the memory,and can be extracted directly in use.Lexical chunks can effectively improve processing efficiency of the language resource information,alleviate learners ' timed writing pressure,overcome the influence of negative transfer of native language,to improve the students' writing fluency,accuracy and vitality.展开更多
English intensive teaching aims to improve learners'comprehensive application ability,and its key lies in fluency and authenticity of language expression.Lexical chunks are acquired and stored in memory as a whole...English intensive teaching aims to improve learners'comprehensive application ability,and its key lies in fluency and authenticity of language expression.Lexical chunks are acquired and stored in memory as a whole so they shorten the thinking time and greatly improve language accuracy and fluency.This paper applies the chunks to intensive English teaching and carries out ac⁃tion researches.展开更多
Lexical chunk approach refers to using chunk theory to guide students to establish chunk awareness,and with the help of various teaching methods,to create various opportunities to help students properly use fixed or s...Lexical chunk approach refers to using chunk theory to guide students to establish chunk awareness,and with the help of various teaching methods,to create various opportunities to help students properly use fixed or semi-fixed expressions in communication.Through empirical investigation,it is found that there are problems in College English translation teaching,such as single teaching mode,concepts to be updated,cultural differences and obstacles,etc.This paper conducts in-depth discussion of its impact on college students'ability to translate from Chinese to English.Chunk teaching is helpful in fluency,accuracy and decency of language output.Finally,the author puts forward suggestions such as enhancing the awareness of language blocks,strengthening the accumulation of language blocks,optimizing the design of language block exercises,and attaching importance to the cultivation of learning strategies,so as to effectively improve the translation level of college students.展开更多
The present paper examines the vocabulary contained in the British animated programme Peppa Pig and investigates whether this vocabulary is highly frequent but also appropriate for beginner learners of English.It also...The present paper examines the vocabulary contained in the British animated programme Peppa Pig and investigates whether this vocabulary is highly frequent but also appropriate for beginner learners of English.It also examines if there is any formulaic language in it.Comparison with the BNC wordlist,the CYLET and EVP wordlists for beginners suggests that one fifth of the English vocabulary contained in the show is highly frequent and that a small amount of it overlaps with the proposed vocabulary lists of CYLET and EVP for A1 level.Therefore,the majority of the vocabulary contained in the show is mainly infrequent but still appropriate while the in-depth analysis of selective episodes showed amplitude of formulaic language in the show and plenty repetition of it.展开更多
文摘Listening is an important input way of language learning,and is closely related to language learning.Now,listening is still a weakness for English learners in colleges.In recent years,many experts and scholars have explored the application of lexical chunks in teaching,trying to solve the problem of students’vocabulary acquisition.However,there are relatively few researches between lexical chunks and listening achievement.Based on the lexical chunks theory,the research finds that lexical chunks teaching can relieve students’anxiety in English listening,improve their English listening scores,and stimulate students’chunk consciousness.
文摘Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospect in teaching college English writing.Lexical chunk is semi-refined language,which can be used as a whole stored in the memory,and can be extracted directly in use.Lexical chunks can effectively improve processing efficiency of the language resource information,alleviate learners ' timed writing pressure,overcome the influence of negative transfer of native language,to improve the students' writing fluency,accuracy and vitality.
文摘English intensive teaching aims to improve learners'comprehensive application ability,and its key lies in fluency and authenticity of language expression.Lexical chunks are acquired and stored in memory as a whole so they shorten the thinking time and greatly improve language accuracy and fluency.This paper applies the chunks to intensive English teaching and carries out ac⁃tion researches.
文摘Lexical chunk approach refers to using chunk theory to guide students to establish chunk awareness,and with the help of various teaching methods,to create various opportunities to help students properly use fixed or semi-fixed expressions in communication.Through empirical investigation,it is found that there are problems in College English translation teaching,such as single teaching mode,concepts to be updated,cultural differences and obstacles,etc.This paper conducts in-depth discussion of its impact on college students'ability to translate from Chinese to English.Chunk teaching is helpful in fluency,accuracy and decency of language output.Finally,the author puts forward suggestions such as enhancing the awareness of language blocks,strengthening the accumulation of language blocks,optimizing the design of language block exercises,and attaching importance to the cultivation of learning strategies,so as to effectively improve the translation level of college students.
文摘The present paper examines the vocabulary contained in the British animated programme Peppa Pig and investigates whether this vocabulary is highly frequent but also appropriate for beginner learners of English.It also examines if there is any formulaic language in it.Comparison with the BNC wordlist,the CYLET and EVP wordlists for beginners suggests that one fifth of the English vocabulary contained in the show is highly frequent and that a small amount of it overlaps with the proposed vocabulary lists of CYLET and EVP for A1 level.Therefore,the majority of the vocabulary contained in the show is mainly infrequent but still appropriate while the in-depth analysis of selective episodes showed amplitude of formulaic language in the show and plenty repetition of it.
