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英语作文第三人称单数一般现在时错误分析(1)

2017-08-08 01:50 [Abstract] Writing is an effective and overall way of testing one’s English ability. It can help students to improve English proficiency, extend the learners’ using range, improve logical thinking and problem analyzing, and cultivate the strict work attitude. It can also improve one’s reading, speaking, listening and so on. During one and a half months teaching practice, the author analyzed 52 students’ 228 pieces of writings from two ordinary classes (103students) in senior 1 Xiamen Xiang’an No.1 Middle School (key middle school). The author counted up that the single third person present tense errors they made were as follows: expression errors 27%, subject-verb-is-not-in-agreement25%, tense errors17%, omitting “be”13%, syntax errors11%, consecutive predicates errors5%, spelling errors3%, omitting auxiliary verb0.42% and voice errors0.42%. In the author’s opinion, the main reasons are the discrepancy of thinking model, the influences of language transfer and the second language acquisition. As students of key middle school, they still make such kinds of errors, let alone the students in ordinary school. This paper attempts to analyze these problems and the reasons, aiming at making some suggestions for middle school English teachers’ consultation. In short, there is a long way for middle school English teachers to go to improve students’ writing skills.
[Key Words] Senior1 English writing; the third person present tense; transfer; mode thinking; Second Language Acquisition
【摘 要】 英语写作是能全面检测一个人英语水平的一种有效手段，而且写作能帮助学生提高使用英语的正确性,扩大所用语言的范围,提高逻辑思考及分析问题的能力，培养严谨的工作作风。另外,写作对阅读,听力,口语也都有促进作用。在一个半月的实习过程中笔者对厦门翔安一中（重点中学）高一两个普通班（103个学生）中的52位学生的228篇作文进行了分析，统计出他们所犯的第三人称单数一般现在时错误类型如下：表达错误27%；主谓不一25%；时态混乱17%；遗漏be动词13%；句法结构错误11%，连动错误5%；拼写错误3%；缺少助动词0.42%；语态错误0.42%。笔者认为出现这些错误的主要原因有: 英汉思维模式的差异，汉语对英语的迁移影响以及第二语言习得的影响。作为重点中学的学生他们仍然会犯这样的错误，更不用说那些普通中学的学生了。本文分析了所出现的问题和原因旨在给中学英语老师提供一些建议以供参考。总之，中学英语老师要提高学生的写作能力还是任重而道远的。

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【关键词】 高一英文写作；第三人称单数一般现在时；迁移；思维模式；第二语言习得

1. Introduction
1.1 Basic concept of writing
“‘Writing is concerned, on the one hand with the definition and redefinition, creation and re-creation of the self, others, the world, a process which we may call reflection; and on the other hand, with communication with others, a process which we call transmission.’ From Wilkinson’s definition of writing we can see that writing is, first of all, a process during which a writer writes for a particular object view. Only in this way can writing be regarded with the emphasis on ‘communicative skill’ In the second language context, such as the situation in China where English is learned as a foreign language in the overwhelming majority of universities and colleges all over the country, writing or learning to write in English is commonly considered as an advanced and demanding requirement that is added to the complexities inherent in trying to master the foreign language—English.” [1] For more than a decade, students and teachers have been trying, to their wits’ end, to meet the requirement of college entrance examination. Unfortunately, the results are far from being satisfactory, only a small amount of students has actually developed the level of English writing skills while the larger part of students is still frustrated [2] . This paper will first present some tables about the main errors in students’ writings and the percentage of right and wrong. The second part of the paper will analyze the errors and the reasons of making them. At last, it will discuss about some possible ways that might be employed to the solution of the existing problems.