元话语与大学生作文质量的关系

论文摘要

本研究调查了元话语对中国英语学习者写作的影响。研究的焦点在于元话语应用的数量是否影响英语学习者写作质量以及元话语教授能否影响写作技巧的问题。关于元话语的实证研究,比较描述视角研究元话语的成果层出不穷,但是很少有人对元话语与写作质量的相关性进行直接、深入地研究。本项研究通过对元话语对中国英语学习者写作质量所起作用的调查以及元话语教授对写作能力的影响,旨在弥补这一缺憾,为元话语对英语写作影响的研究提供原始数据和资料。本研究将回答两个问题：1)元话语手段的应用与写作质量的关系；2)直接教授元话语是否能提高学生写作能力?如果可以,怎样提高?本研究对山东轻工业学院非英语专业60名大一学生进行调查。首先学生分为实验班、对照班,并接受实验前测试,成绩无差别。实验班接受元话语知识学习,学期末两个班再次进行测试。实验班学生成绩明显提高。结果显示实验班学生表现明显好于对照班,证明了元话语教授对学生写作能力是有正影响的；此外,通过对学生元话语手段应用数量计算与分析,研究发现元话语数量与写作质量或许不存在直接关系。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• List of AbbreviationS
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Chapter One Literature Review
• 1.1 A Brief Review of Halliday's Metafunction Theory
• 1.2 The Concept of Metadiscourse
• 1.3 The Classification of Metadiscourse
• 1.4 Review of Previous Studies
• 1.4.1 Studies Abroad
• 1.4.2 Studies in China
• 1.5 Summary
• Chapter Two Methodology
• 2.1 Research Questions
• 2.2 Participants
• 2.3 Teaching Syllabus for the Present Study
• 2.4 Data Collection
• 2.5 Data Analysis
• 2.6 Summary
• Chapter Three Results and Discussion
• 3.1 Results
• 3.1.1 The Results for the Pre-tests of EC and CC
• 3.1.2 The Results for the Post-tests of EC and CC
• 3.1.3 The Results for the Pre- and Post-tests of EC and CC
• 3.1.4 The Results for the Correlation between the Use of Metadiscourse and the Writing Quality
• 3.2 Discussion
• 3.2.1. The Positive Effect of Direct Teaching of Metadiscourse on Students' Writing Ability
• 3.2.2 Effects of metadiscourse devices on writing quality
• 3.2.2.1 Effect of textual metadiscourse on writing quality
• 3.2.2.2 Effect of validity markers on the writing quality
• 3.2.2.3 Effect of attitudinal markers on the writing quality
• 3.2.2.4 Effect of illocutionary markers on the writing quality Summary
• 3.3 Summary
• Chapter Four Pedagogical Implications
• 4.1 Positive Influence of Metadiscourse on Writing Ability
• 4.2 Effecitiveness of TBL Model for Metadiscourse Instruction
• Conclusion
• 1. Major Findings
• 2. Limitations of the Present Study
• 3. Suggestions for Further Studies
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
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