A Corpus-Based Study of Chinese EFL Learners' Employment of "Although"

Autor/in	Chen, Jingwen
Titel	A Corpus-Based Study of Chinese EFL Learners' Employment of "Although"
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 8, S.51-62 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Phrase Structure; Native Speakers; Teaching Methods; Language Usage; Writing (Composition); Contrastive Linguistics; Interlanguage; Art; Humanities; Academic Discourse; Language Variation; Statistical Analysis; Discourse Analysis; Preferences; Mandarin Chinese; Cognitive Style; Foreign Countries; Form Classes (Languages); Word Frequency; Language Research; China; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Phrasenstruktur; Muttersprachler; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachgebrauch; Schreibübung; Kontrastive Linguistik; Zielsprache; Arts; Kunst; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Discourse; Diskurs; Sprachenvielfalt; Statistische Analyse; Diskursanalyse; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Ausland; Analytischer Sprachbau; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Sprachforschung; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Although" is a frequently used subordinating conjunction in English. However, non-nativeness is often observed in Chinese EFL learners' "although" output during pedagogical practice. This paper aims at exploring the characteristics of Chinese EFL learners' "although" employment in Chinese EFL learners' writing. The study is a corpus-based analysis launched under the analytical framework of contrastive interlanguage analysis. The interlanguage hypothesis lays the theoretical foundation of the present study. Texts from two corpora--the Chinese learner English corpus [CLEC] and the "arts and humanities" disciplinary group of the British academic written English corpus [sub-BAWEC]--are analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively with the help of concordance software Antconc 3.2.1 and statistics program PASW Statistics 18. Based on the findings, conclusions are drawn as follows: 1) Chinese EFL learners tend to underuse "although" and produce mono-structural "although" clauses in their writing. Nevertheless, they share similar preference on deciding "although" placement in clauses with native English speakers; and 2) Factors such as interlingual difference between English and Mandarin Chinese, pedagogical neglect in English classrooms and different cognitive styles influence Chinese EFL learners' "although" employment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01