实施词块教学方法提高高中生英语写作成绩的实证研究.pdfVIP

A n E m p irical Study of Im p lem enting the L exical-C hunk A pproach to Im prove E FL L earners W riting P erform ance in Sen ior H igh Schools W an g G u igu i A T h e sis S u b m itte d in P artia l F u lfillm en t of the R equ irem ents for the D egree of M a ster o f E d u c a tio n in E ng lish E du cation T ianjin N orm al U n iversity M ay 20 12 A b str a ct A ccording to N ew E nglish C urricu lum Standard, E nglish w riting is one of th e com m un icative sk ills, w h ich focu ses on im proving the students ab ility to th ink and express their ideas in E nglish and laying a good foundation for their further developm ent. U p to now , there have b een m any E nglish teachers and researchers app lying variou s approaches to im proving students w riting level. H ow ever, the situation of w riting is far from satisfaction . W h en w riting, quite a few students have a b lank m ind, or they tran slate th e sentences w ord by w ord, w h ich app ears ch aos phenom enon w ith w ords, sentences and gram m ar m ixed. A s for the reasons, the stereotyped teach ing m ethods m ay be th e key prob lem . M oreover, w riting teach ing is not placed on a v ital position . Faced w ith th is situation, the author attem pts to use the L ex ical-C hunk A pproach in the sen ior h igh school, hop ing to h elp the stu dents. T he L exical-C hunk A pproach , based on M ichael L ew is theory w h ich stated that “language con sists of gram m atical lexis not lexicalized gram m ar, is a new em erging teach ing th eory. C hunk s can b e stored and retriev ed as a w hole from m em ory w h en n eeded, w h ich is regarded