Research on Vocabulary Errors in English Writing of English Majors and Its Inspirations of English Teaching

He Peng ； Qi Lou

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 5卷7期 (2022/07) Pp. 443-455

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202207_5(7).0070

摘要

Vocabulary is the basis of writing, and vocabulary teaching is an indispensable part of English teaching. In the traditional vocabulary teaching in China, teachers' teaching is mechanized and students' learning is stereotypical. This research takes 50 sophomore English major students in M university as the sample, collecting composition written by them and the using questionnaire and interview to understand the students' vocabulary learning methods, teachers' vocabulary teaching methods, students' view of the teachers' vocabulary teaching, using the error analysis, to analyze the causes of vocabulary errors, and puts forward the related teaching strategies in order to help students correct errors, improve the level of writing, and help teachers improve teaching methods, enhance the effect of vocabulary teaching. The thesis found that students' vocabulary errors in writing mainly focus on the distortion in the form errors and the collocation errors in the meaning errors. Therefore, this paper argues that teachers should take students as the center in vocabulary teaching, adopt various forms of effective teaching, and avoid mechanical teaching. At the same time, vocabulary can be taught in English discourse to reduce the negative transfer of mother tongue.

關鍵字

Error analysis ； Vocabulary error ； Vocabulary teaching ； English writing

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