利用COCA语料库提高大学英语学生写作中词汇丰富性的实证研究硕士论文答辩模板演示幻灯.ppt

A Study on Application of COCA in Improving Lexical Richness in Non-English Majors’ Writings利用COCA语料库提高大学英语学生写作中词汇丰富性的实证研究 XXX 导师：XX教授 专业：课程与教学论 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study College English Curriculum Requirement (2007) requires that writing should be trained mainly in the classroom, supplemented by a computer- and Web-based environment. The corpora can greatly enrich the content of English learning and effectively improve learning strategies. There are a lot of lexical errors in students’ writings. (Ye Yunping,2002) 1.2 Purpose of the Study The study would testify whether COCA could be used to improve the lexical richness in students’ writings. 1.3 Significance of the Study It was expected that the study could make a positive exploration in how to improve the lexical richness in students’ writings. 2. Literature Review 2.1 Studies on Lexical Richness in ESL/EFL Writings 2.1.1 Studies on Measures of Lexical Richness In the present study, Read’s (2000) classification of lexical richness has been adopted, and the lexical richness was measured in three aspects: lexical variation, lexical sophistication and lexical errors. LV: Uber index=(log tokens)2 / (log tokens-log types) LS: Lexical Frequency Profile LE: Tan Xiaochen (2007) 2.1.2 Studies on Lexical Richness in ESL \ EFL Writings Abroad 2.1.3 Studies on Lexical Richness in EFL Writings at Home 2.2 Studies on Corpus-assisted Language Teaching 2.2.1 Studies on Corpus-assisted ESL/EFL Writing Teaching Abroad 2.2.2 Studies on Corpus-assisted EFL Writing Teaching at Home 2.2.3 Studies on English Language and English Teaching Based-on COCA 3. Theoretical Framework 3.1 Constructive Learning Theory 3.1.1 Discovery Learning 3.1.