Acquisition of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences by Chinese EFL Intermediate ClPDF电子书下载

Introduction 1

Chapter One:Acquisition of Formulaic Sequences 11

1.1 First Language(L1)Acquisition of Formulaic Sequences 11

1.2 Second Language(L2)Acquisition of Formulaic Sequences 14

Chapter Two:The Nature of Formulaic Sequences and How to Learn and Teach Them 19

2.1 The Holistic and Analytic Features of Formulaic Sequences 19

2.2 The Transparency and Opaqueness of Formulaic Sequences 21

2.3 The Fixedness of Formulaic Sequences 24

2.4 The Processing of Formulaic Sequences 31

2.5 The Input of Formulaic Sequences for L2 Learners 35

2.6 Vocabulary Knowledge and Formulaic Sequences 37

2.6.1 What Is a Word? 37

2.6.2 What Does It Mean to Know a Word? 39

2.6.3 Measurement of Vocabulary Knowledge 44

2.6.4 Vocabulary Knowledge and Formulaic Sequences 50

2.7 Structural Differences Between English and Chinese Verbal Formulaic Sequences 50

2.8 The Effect of Classroom Instruction on the Acquisition of Formulaic Sequences 52

2.9 Overall Language Proficiency and Formulaic Sequences 55

2.10 Individual Differences and the Acquisition of Formulaic Sequences 56

Chapter Three:Study Questions and Methodology 58

3.1 Hypotheses for the Present Study and Their Operationalisations 58

3.2 Methodology 60

3.2.1 Participants 60

3.2.2 Instruments and Procedures 62

3.2.2.1 Identifying the Target Verbal Formulaic Sequences 62

3.2.2.2 The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Pre-test,Post-test and Training Test 64

3.2.2.3 The Vocabulary-size Pre-test and Post-test 65

3.2.2.4 The Questionnaire 66

3.2.2.5 Survey of the Semantic Transparency/Opaqueness of the 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 66

3.2.2.6 The Class Observations 68

3.2.2.7 The Participants' Essays 68

3.2.2.8 Survey of the Exposure to the 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 70

Chapter Four:Data Analyses 71

4.1 Data Analyses for the Questionnaire 71

4.1.1 The Participants' Knowledge of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 71

4.1.2 The Participants' Report on Their Use of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 72

4.1.3 The Input of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences for the Participants 73

4.1.4 The Output of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences of the Participants 74

4.1.5 Summary 75

4.2 Group Differences in Overall Proficiency,Vocabulary Size and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 76

4.2.1 Group Differences in Overall English Language Proficiency 76

4.2.2 Group Differences in Vocabulary Size 76

4.2.2.1 The Vocabulary-size Pre-test 76

4.2.2.2 The Vocabulary-size Post-test 77

4.2.2.3 The Vocabulary Size Increase 77

4.2.3 Group Differences in the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 78

4.2.3.1 The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Pre-test 79

4.2.3.2 The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Post-test 79

4.2.3.3 The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Training Test 80

4.2.3.4 Increase in the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 80

4.3 Relationship Between Vocabulary Size and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 81

4.4 Relationship Between Overall English Proficiency and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 82

4.5 Relationship Between the Semantic Transparency and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 83

4.6 Relationship Between Input Frequency and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 90

4.6.1 Textbook Input Frequency and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 90

4.6.2 Explicit Classroom Instructions and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 91

4.7 Relationship Between the Participants' General Vocabulary Knowledge and the Mastery of English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 93

Chapter Five:Findings and Discussion 95

5.1 Major Findings 95

5.2 Discussion 100

5.3 Limitations 101

APPENDICES 102

Appendix Ⅰ:The 50 Most Frequent Verbs of the English Language 102

Appendix Ⅱ:The Top-10 Verbs with Their Instances in College English Curriculum Requirements(CECR) 104

Appendix Ⅲ:The 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 105

Appendix Ⅳ:The Final 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences in Sentence-length Contexts 109

Appendix Ⅴ:The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Pre-test and Post-test 114

Appendix Ⅵ:The English Verbal Formulaic Sequences Training Test 119

Appendix Ⅶ:The Vocabulary-size Pre-test and Post-test 127

Appendix Ⅷ:The Questionnaire 129

Appendix Ⅸ:The Transparency/Opaqueness Survey of the 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 132

Appendix Ⅹ:The Textbook Input Frequency of the 100 Target English Verbal Formulaic Sequences 137

References 141