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ii ii component aiming at awareness-raising), a pretest (writing a composition) and posttest (writing a composition plus grammaticality judgment test) are conducted, and the data gathered from students’ composition samples and test results are analyzed. It has been found that syntactic transfer in students’ IELTS writing mainly exists in five aspects (run-on sentences, subject-predicate non-agreement, wrong expression of the passive sentences, omission of the subject, and wrong expression of the existential and presentative function), and the frequencies and causes are discussed in detail. The comparisons of the statistics between the different groups and between pretest and posttest clearly demonstrate that students in the experimental group tend to make much fewer syntactic transfer errors after the awareness-raising training. Then the research questions proposed are answered. Needless to say, there are some limitations of this study. Since the size of data is very small, the findings may not be representative enough. It is also under the influence of subjective factors because of manual analysis. This study intends to explore syntactic transfer errors in IELTS compositions and through teaching activities aiming at raising awareness of such transfer, it helps to reduce the negative effects of syntactic transfer on students and improve their English writing ability. Finally, it provides teachers with an opportunity to reflect on their teaching. Key words: syntactic transfer, awareness-raising, contrastive analysis, IELTS writing PAGE PAGE 1 The Effects of Awareness-raising of Syntactic Transfer on IELTS Writing by Chinese Students Chapter One Introduction In this chapter, we will introduce the background of the research and discuss the significance of the study. The organization of this thesis will also be presented. Research Background As a common phenomenon in language learning and use, language transfer has existed even before people come to realize its impor