大学英语写作中高频词汇产出僵化现象的实证研究英语语言文学专业论文.docx

ii ii Abstract Vocabulary is a necessary step to learn language, without which we can?t talk about any relevant questions of linguistics. High-frequency words appear more in all kinds of texts, therefore, they play an importance part in language learning. Vocabulary is also the most significant characteristic of English writing. According to some researchers, the larger amount of the vocabulary students have, the higher of the grades students get in English writing (Mang Guanghui, Wen Qiufang, 1999). However, in the practical English teaching, college students attach much importance to difficult words and ignore the study of high-frequency words in order to enlarge their vocabulary and get high grade in the test. Because of the shift of college students? attention on vocabulary, their high-frequency words become fossilization. This thesis? major questions include: firstly, to investigate the fossilization of the high-frequency words output in college English writing; secondly, to explore the factors that affect the fossilization in the output of high-frequency words on college English writing; thirdly, to find out the correlation between the diversity of high-frequency words output and the distribution of students? noticing on different words. In this thesis, the research is based on noticing theory of cognitive psychology and both qualitative and quantitative methods are employed. The subjects in this study are fifty non-English majors who are sophomore from a training center of Tai Yuan. The author makes a research and instruments are questionnaire, test and interview. All the data collected were processed by SPSS 17.0. Major findings indicate that: firstly, the fossilization exists in the output of high-frequency words on college English writing. Secondly, the factors that affect the fossilization of high-frequency words include that students have not enough input and cognition of high-frequency words. Thirdly, the correlation is significant at the 0.1 level bet