ERIC Number: EJ1075239
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Publication Date: 2015
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Self-Repairing of Chinese Science and Engineering Majors in Oral English
Wang, Weiwei; Xu, Xiaoqin
English Language Teaching, v8 n5 p143-157 2015
This study employs corpus analytical tools to carry out a systematic study on Chinese Science and Engineering Majors' (SEMs') use of self-repair in their oral English. The study aims to find out the overall feature of using self-repair by SEMs and to see if there exists statistically significant difference of using self-repair across different English proficiency level groups. Results show that SEMs use self-repair frequently and they use same information repair (SIR) most. There is no statistically significant difference in the overall frequency of using self-repair among SEMs' levels. SEMs' correction rate is rather low. Self-monitor theory and communication strategies theory are used to explain the results. At the end of the thesis, the author provides some suggestions for oral English teaching
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction, Engineering Education, Asians, Science Education, Majors (Students), Structural Equation Models, Language Proficiency, Metacognition, Communication Strategies, Oral Language, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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