A Corpusbased Study of the Passive Construction ErrorsMade by Chinese EFL Learners.ppt

A Corpus-based Study of the Passive Construction ErrorsMade by Chinese EFL Learners Li Rui 1．? Significance of the Present Study 2．? Literature Review 3．? Research Questions 4．? Theoretical Framework 5．? Methods and Results 6．?Conclusion Thank You Very Much! * * Significance of the Present Study Making errors is natural and inevitable in language learning, particularly in L2 /FL. As common phenomenon of language acquisition and learning, language errors always arouse the great interest and attention of language researchers and teachers. Consequently, the study of errors has ling been conducted in SLA with a view to uncovering the process of learning and exploring the causes for making errors in the course of L2 /FL. The present study focuses on three types of English passive construction errors committed by Chinese EFL learners, aims to reveal the developmental pattern of the interlanguage of Chinese EFL learners reflected in the typical patterns of passive construction errors, and hopefully shed some light on English language teaching. 2. Literature Review The achievements of the previous studies are the good point of departure of the present study; the limitations of previous studies justify the necessity for further research in the present study Researchers and time Studies Subject Methods Zobl 1989 the structure of unaccusative verbs used by FL learners 114 university-age FL learners (90 Japanese) of variety of L1 background in Canada and the United states analyzing the compositions produced by the learners Yip 1995 Unaccusative verbs and learnablility 20 advanced English learners with Chinese L1 (the learners come from Taiwan) grammaticality-judgment Hirakawa 1995 The usage of English unaccusative verbs in Japanese-speaking learners 22intermediate English learners with Japanese L1 and 14 English native speakers Grammaticality-judgment Oshita 2000 The phenomenon of passivized unaccusative structures and the causes for