中国学生英语写作中衔接手段使用研究的开题报告.docx

中国学生英语写作中衔接手段使用研究的开题报告

Title:AnInvestigationintotheUseofCohesiveDevicesintheEnglishWritingofChineseStudents

Introduction:

EnglishwritinghasbeenanessentialareaofconcernintheEnglishlanguageeducationsystemsaroundtheworld.InChinaparticularly,thestudyofEnglishhasbecomeincreasinglyimportant,especiallywiththeintegrationofChinaintotheglobalcommunity.However,ChinesestudentsoftenstrugglewithwritinginEnglish,particularlyintermsofcohesion.Therefore,thisresearchaimstoinvestigatetheuseofcohesivedevicesintheEnglishwritingofChinesestudents.

ResearchQuestions:

1.WhatcohesivedevicesdoChinesestudentsuseintheirEnglishwriting?

2.WhatarethemostcommonerrorsmadebyChinesestudentsinusingcohesivedevices?

3.HowdoChinesestudentsperceivetheimportanceofusingcohesivedevicesintheirEnglishwriting?

4.WhataretheeffectivestrategiesforimprovingtheuseofcohesivedevicesinChinesestudents’Englishwriting?

LiteratureReview:

Thisresearchdrawsfrompreviousstudiesontheuseofcohesivedevicesinthewritingofsecondlanguagelearners.Theliteraturehighlightstheimportanceofcohesivedevicesincreatingacoherentandcohesivetext.SeveralstudieshavealsoidentifiedthechallengesfacedbyChinesestudentsintheuseofcohesivedevicesandthecommonerrorstheymake.However,thereisalackofresearchthatinvestigatestheperceptionsofChinesestudentstowardstheuseofcohesivedevices.

Methodology:

Thisresearchadoptsamixed-methodsapproach,usingbothquantitativeandqualitativedata.Thedatacollectionwillinvolveawrittentestandaquestionnaire.ThewrittentestaimstoinvestigatetheuseofcohesivedevicesintheEnglishwritingofChinesestudents,whilethequestionnaireaimstoexploretheirperceptionsoftheimportanceofusingcohesivedevices.Thedatacollectedfrombothsourceswillbeanalyzedusingdescriptivestatisticsand