非英语专业学生写作中中式英语研究.pdf

Acknowledgments Upon the graduation, I tried to look back and found there are a lot of people to whom I owe a lot. Here, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all of them. First, my gratitude should be given to Professor Liu Yu, my supervisor, an elegant and knowledgeable lady, whose informative instructions and moving patience have extremely helped me in the writing and revision of this paper. I am also grateful to the help and instructions offered by all the teachers and professors in my postgraduate studies. They are, Prof. Xu Yucheng, Prof. Li Minquan, Prof. He Xianzhong, Prof. Yang Dangling, Prof. Yan Xuan, Prof. Liu Shuhui, Prof. Wang Hongxiao. Their devotion to the teaching and patience impressed me quite a lot. Second, my thanks should be given to some of my friends and classmates too. They have helped me to collect the data and materials for this research. Finally, I would like to give my special thanks to my family who are supporting me all the time. Abstract In recent years, there are an increasing number of Chinese students, who are learning English. However, because of various reasons, they find that the English they produce is not always as authentic as the native speakers do, either in spoken or written form. This paper will focus on the written form of these learners because among the four basic skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, writing is regarded as the advanced cognitive activity, which reflects the writer?s comprehensive linguistic competence. However, it?s not so easy to make a good piece of writing; various errors, especially in the compositions of non-English majors?, may sometimes cause misunderstanding, and even become a laughingstock to some degree. This resear