词汇知识的深度对英语写作的影响—一项在初中进行的实验分析-the influence of the depth of vocabulary knowledge on english writing - an experimental analysis in junior high school.docxVIP

iii iii knowledge enhances their overall English writing quality, that 2) the depth of vocabulary knowledge helps to improve the complexity of vocabulary use in English writing, which was judged by the vocabulary scores and type/ token ratios, and that 3) syntactic complexity in English writing is produced with the improvement of depth of vocabulary knowledge, which was judged by the length of t-units. Thus the conclusion was drawn that the depth of vocabulary knowledge has positive effect on English writing in junior high schools. Some useful implications obtained from this study include 1) Vocabulary instruction. Knowing a word means more than just introducing meaning and form of a word. Requirements and strategies in teaching and learning vocabulary should be made in teaching syllabus. 2) Writing instruction. Helping students put the words learned into practice is vital. And different scoring criteria make salient the significance of vocabulary in writing. Key words: depth of vocabulary knowledge, English writing, junior high school vi vi List of Figures and Tables Figures Figure 2.1 Nature of writing………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Figure 5.1 Mean scores of the four writing tests according to holistic rating………………………………36 Figure 5.2 Mean vocabulary scores of the four writing tests……………………………………………….37 Figure 5.3Type/ token ratios of the four writing tests….………………………………….………………..38 Figure 5.4 Mean length of T- units of the four writing tests………………………………………………..39 Tables Table 3.1 Knowing a word…………………………………………………………………………………..16 Table 4.1 Subjects’ information: number, gender, and time of learning English……………………………28 Table 4.2 Subjects’ information: the number of those who were taking extracurricular courses………...…28 Table 4.3 General information about the teachers surveyed………………………………………………...28 Table 5.1 Results of students’ questionnaire (1): problems on words………………………..…….……….30 Table 5.2 Results of students’ questionnaire (2): problems on sentences………