DocumentCode
2069721
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
Volume
1
fYear
2010
fDate
10-12 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
290
Lastpage
294
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6788-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PIC.2010.5687445
Filename
5687445
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