在ELT研究文章中结合使用的演变轨迹
Marzieh Safari1, Fatemeh Mahdavirad1
1English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Frontiers in research metrics and analytics
|December 13, 2024
概括
随着时间的推移,英语语言教学 (ELT) 研究文章中结合词的使用增加了,但变化不那么多. 这种转变反映了全球学术写作社区的变化,可能需要更新教材.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 应用语言学 应用语言学
- 教育语言学教育语言学
背景情况:
- 连接词是学术写作中关键的语法凝聚力装置.
- 英语语言教学 (ELT) 研究文章为分析语言使用趋势提供了宝贵的数据库.
- 了解结合使用中的二次变化可以为教学实践提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究ELT研究文章中使用的连接类型和频率的二次变化.
- 分析英语作为外语 (EFL) 写作技能的研究中连接使用的演变.
- 识别结合模式的转变,并将其归因于更广泛的语言和社区发展.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种描述性分析框架.
- 选择了100篇ELT研究文章,重点关注EFL的写作教学技能,涵盖1980-82年和2020-22年.
- 研究了专家英语作家使用的连接词的类型和频率.
主要成果:
- 观察到整体结合频率的显著增加.
- 同时,使用的连接词的变化也出现了下降.
- 特定的连接变得越来越突出,而其他连接变得越来越少,这种趋势也在非母语英语作家的文章中出现.
结论:
- 观察到的结合使用的变化与学术语言社区的演变以及非母语英语作家的参与度的增加有关.
- 需要对特殊用途英语 (ESP) 的教学材料进行修订,以与学术写作当前的语言趋势保持一致.
- 调整教学方法可以更好地为学习者准备当代学术话语.
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