An Error Analysis of the Word Class: A Case Study of Chinese College Students

Authors

  • Xia Lixin Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v10i3.4563

Keywords:

English language teaching, Error analysis, Learner Corpora, Word classes

Abstract


The paper reports a study on the errors in word classes made by Chinese college students in their writings. From the CLEC, all the errors tagged as [wd2] were collected, and then a general overview of the errors among 4 groups of college students was given. After that, the first 100 errors with the greatest frequency were sorted out from all the errors. They were further classified into 8 categories according to the wrongly used word classes. Based on the actual errors in the CLEC, possible causes of these errors were identified and analyzed. Finally, potential implications for English teaching and learning were discussed and suggestions were put forward.

Author Biography

Xia Lixin, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Center for Lexicographical Studies, Professor

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Published

2015-06-26

How to Cite

Lixin, X. (2015). An Error Analysis of the Word Class: A Case Study of Chinese College Students. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 10(3), pp. 41–45. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v10i3.4563

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Papers