英语作文第三人单数一般现在时错误分析.doc

英语作文第三人称单数一般现在时错误分析 [Abstract] Writing is an effective and overall way of testing one’s English ability. It can help students to improve English proficiency, extend the learners’ using range, improve logical thinking and problem analyzing, and cultivate the strict work attitude. It can also improve one’s reading, speaking, listening and so on. During one and a half months teaching practice, the author analyzed 52 students’ 228 pieces of writings from two ordinary classes (103students) in senior 1 Xiamen Xiang’an No.1 Middle School (key middle school). The author counted up that the single third person present tense errors they made were as follows: expression errors 27%, subject-verb-is-not-in-agreement25%, tense errors17%, omitting “be”13%, syntax errors11%, consecutive predicates errors5%, spelling errors3%, omitting auxiliary verb0.42% and voice errors0.42%. In the author’s opinion, the main reasons are the discrepancy of thinking model, the influences of language transfer and the second language acquisition. As students of key middle school, they still make such kinds of errors, let alone the students in ordinary school. This paper attempts to analyze these problems and the reasons, aiming at making some suggestions for middle school English teachers’ consultation. In short, there is a long way for middle school English teachers to go to improve students’ writing skills. [Key Words] Senior1 English writing; the third person present tense; transfer; mode thinking; Second Language Acquisition 【摘 要】 英语写作是能全面检测一个人英语水平的一种有效手段，而且写作能帮助学生提高使用英语的正确性,扩大所用语言的范围,提高逻辑思考及分析问题的能力，培养严谨的工作作风。另外,写作对阅读,听力,口语也都有促进作用。在一个半月的实习过程中笔者对厦门翔安一中（重点中学）高一两个普通班（103个学生）中的52位学生的228篇作文进行了分析，统计出他们所犯的第三人称单数一般现在时错误类型如下：表达错误27%；主谓不一25%；时态混乱17%；遗漏be动词13%；句法结构错误11%，连动错误5%；拼写错误3%；缺少助动词0.42%；语态错误0.42%。笔者认为出现这些错误的主要原因有: 英汉思维模式的差异，汉语对英语的迁移影响以及第二语言习得的影响。作为重点中学的学生他们仍然会犯这样的错误，更不用说那些普通中学的学生了。本文分析了所出现的问题和原因旨在给中学英语老师提供一些建议以供参考。总之，中学英语老师要提高学生的写作能力还是任重而道远的。 【关键词】 高一英文写作；第三人称单数一般现在时；迁移；思维模式；第二语言习得 1. I