ABSTRACT

Analysis of Avoidance in English Major Students’ Writing

     It is universally acknowledged that English writing is one of the most effective methods to test the learners’ learning outcomes. Although a large number of factors exert negative influence on university students’ writing level, avoidance plays the most blaming part in the process of writing. 

After analyzing two kinds of avoidance in English writing, namely linguistic avoidance and non-linguistic or cultural avoidance, the thesis explores the causes of avoidance and its relationship with writers’ language proficiency. The results show that avoidance in English writing results from diverse reasons, which are mainly the lack of language knowledge, wrong eva luation criterion and difference in culture and thinking pattern. Meanwhile, the research proves the negative correlation between the English proficiency level and the use of avoidance. Finally, corresponding solutions are proposed to raise the consciousness of “avoidance” among English teachers and students, and to improve students’ learning efficiency.

Key words: avoidance; English writing; English proficiency level

 

摘要

英語專業(yè)學生寫作中的回避現(xiàn)象

英語寫作是檢測英語學習者學習成果的最為有效、最為理想的方式之一。在英語學習過程中，存在著許多影響學習者英語寫作水平的因素，但其中最為主要的因素是回避現(xiàn)象。

本文研究了英語專業(yè)學生作文中存在的語言層面和非語言層面即文化層面的回避現(xiàn)象，探究了該現(xiàn)象的具體表現(xiàn)和成因，以及英語水平和回避現(xiàn)象之間的關系。結果表明，回避現(xiàn)象的成因眾多，主要是學習者語言知識的缺乏，錯誤的評價標準和不同文化思維的差異性。同時，研究結果還證實了回避現(xiàn)象和英語水平之間呈負相關關系。最后，本文針對回避現(xiàn)象的消極影響提出相應的解決方案來提高教師和學習者關于回避現(xiàn)象的意識，提高英語教學和學習的效率，促進英語學習者的語言習得。

關鍵詞：回避現(xiàn)象；英語寫作；英語水平