英语师范生教师话语的语法错误分析的个案研究_英语论文.doc

Abstract

With the development of global integration, the communication between different countries has been intensified. English, as an international language, plays an extremely important role in inter-cultural communication. For most Chinese learners, learning English in classroom is the major way of studying. Therefore, teacher discourse in English class is not only the important language input for English learners, but also the learning content for them.

This thesis intends to analyze the grammatical errors made by English education students, classify these errors and figure out the causes of them. The data from this paper come from 16 clips of micro teachings in Teaching Skill Contest of Education Students in 2015. The author transferred the teacher speech in these 16 clips of videos into transcripts. The author linguistically judges and classifies grammatical errors. Through analyzing those errors, the author makes a research on causes of these errors and proposes the solutions for education students about improving their teacher speech and laying a more concrete foundation for their teaching career.

Keywords: teacher talk; grammatical error; error analysis

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Motivation of the Study-1

1.2 Purpose and significance-1

2. Literature Review-3

2.1 Classroom Discourse-3

2.2 Teacher Talk in Class-3

2.3 Error-4

2.4 Teaching Skill Contest of Education Students-4

3. Theoretical Framework-6

3.1 Contrast Analysis-6

3.2 Error Analysis-6

3.2.1 History of Error Analysis-7

3.2.2 Definition of Error Analysis-7

3.2.3 Procedures of Error Analysis-8

3.2.4 Classifications of Error-8

4. Methodology-11

4.1 Introduction: Teaching Skill Contest of Education Students-11

4.2 Research Question-11

4.3 Research Subject-11

4.4 Research Procedures-11

5. Results and Data Analysis-13

5.1 Results-13

5.1.1 Morphemes Errors-13

5.1.2 Syntax Errors-14

5.2 Some Statistical Comparison-14

6. Causes of the Grammatical Errors-17

6.1 Mother-tongue Influence: Inter-lingual Errors-17

6.2 Target Language Causes: Intra-lingual Errors-17

7. Conclusion-19

References-20

Appendix-22