Title :
Corpus-based English writing research and pedagogy for Chinese college students: A case study of causality devices
Author :
Tao, Jian ; Huang, Dawang
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Foreign Languages, Ningbo Univ., Ningbo, China
Abstract :
This study explores great potentials of computer corpus in English writing research and pedagogy via an in-depth comparative analysis of causality devices in Chinese EFL student writings. Our corpus-based study shows better performances of senior students (CLEC ST6 as against CLEC ST5) in the overall frequency, lexical richness, positionings and semantic prosody of the causality devices though still somehow deviant from western discourse norms.
Keywords :
natural language processing; Chinese EFL student writings; Chinese college students; causality devices; corpus-based English writing research; Electronic learning; Learner English; causality devices; corpus;
Conference_Titel :
Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6788-4
DOI :
10.1109/PIC.2010.5687445
