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- Title
A Computer-Aided Analysis of Word Form Errors in College English Writing -- A Corpus-based Study.
- Authors
Huaqing He
- Abstract
Based on contrastive analysis and computer-aided error analysis, this paper uses qualitative and quantitative methods to explore word form errors committed by Chinese non-English majors in their writing, collected in Chinese Learner English Corpus (CLEC). The aim is to offer English learners methods to help improve their English writing proficiency and yield some suggestions on English language teaching. The main findings are as follows: (1) the word form errors account for 29.42% of the total language errors; (2) there is a negative correlation between word form errors and writing quality; (3) there is a significant difference in word form errors committed by college learners of different writing ability. In the end, this paper analyzes the reasons for word form errors and puts forward some pedagogical suggestions.
- Subjects
CORPORA; ERROR analysis in foreign language education; WRITING ability testing; COMPUTER-aided design; CONTRASTIVE linguistics
- Publication
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 3, p4
- ISSN
1863-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3991/ijet.v11i03.5158