词块教学对大学生英语口语流利性影响的实证分析-an empirical analysis of the influence of lexical chunk teaching on college students oral english fluency.docxVIP

22词块教学对大学生英语口语流利性影响的实证研究development of oral fluency between the pretest and posttest. Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the relationship between lexical chunks and oral fluency development. Of the qualitative data, the author used subjective native speaker judgment as the supplement for the objective quantitative research.Three major findings are stated as follows:The use of lexical chunks contributed greatly to the development of oral fluency, and lexical chunks’ teaching is better than the traditional teaching. By storing a number of frequently needed lexical chunks as individual whole units, learners could easily call up and use them without the need to compose them on-line through word selection and grammatical sequencing.There is a positive correlation between the number of lexical chunks and the development of L2 oral fluency.Only the use of sentence builders and polywords contributes significantly to L2 oral fluency, especially the use of sentence builders facilitates L2 oral fluency in many aspects.The study reveals the tendency of the development of L2 oral fluency for Chinese non-English majors in the classroom setting and the evidence proves that the use of lexical chunks and lexical chunks’ teaching facilitate L2 oral fluency significantly. It is an attempt to explore linguistic features of oral fluency. It opens up the possibility of altering present College English teaching and provides the momentum to teach English oral fluency.Key words: non-English majors; the development of L2 oral fluency; lexical chunks; correlationList of AbbreviationL1: Native Language L2: Second Language LC : Lexical Chunks OF : Oral FluencySR：Speech RateAR：Articulation RateCET6: College English Test Band 6SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences ALP: Average Length of PauseMLR: Mean Length of Speech Run PTR: Phonation/time ratioREFT: Ratio of Error-free T-units R100: Repairs per 100 SyllablesRPL: Ratio of Pruned Length to Total Length SLA: Seco