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A corpus study of Chinese EFL learners’ use of circumstance, demand, and significant
This study investigated Chinese EFL learners’ use of circumstance, demand, and significant, three
challenging words each being a member in a synonym set: circumstance in the
case/circumstance/event/situation set, demand in the
ask/demand/request/require set, and significant in the
important/meaningful/significant set. Via an expert rating and a close examination of all the uses of the
three words in Wen, Wang, and Liang’s (2005) Spoken and Written English Corpus of
Chinese Learners, the study has uncovered various inappropriate usages as well as successfully acquired usages involving the three
words. The results reveal a failure by many Chinese EFL learners to understand the three words’ semantic usage differences with
their respective synonyms. The study has also identified L1 interference, inadequate descriptions of these words in dictionaries,
and insufficient instructional attention to the semantic usage differences among synonyms as likely reasons for the learners’
inappropriate usages. Pedagogical and research implications are also discussed.
期刊介绍:
Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.