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Ungrammatical Patterns in Chinese EFL Learners’ Free Writing

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  • Xiaohui Sun

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This paper investigated a number of common ungrammatical patterns that were found in Chinese EFL leaners’ free writings, in order to find useful pedagogical implications for English grammar teaching in EFL setting, especially in China. The corpus of writing data is examined by the author together with a native English teacher. Our findings suggest that misuse of determiners is the most frequent grammatical error in Chinese students’ writing. Other ungrammatical patterns such as Chinese-English expression, tense error, misuse of prepositions, are also considerably important and should be given due attention by EFL teachers, especially Chinese EFL teachers in their teaching practice.

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  • Xiaohui Sun, 2014. "Ungrammatical Patterns in Chinese EFL Learners’ Free Writing," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 7(3), pages 176-176, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:7:y:2014:i:3:p:176
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    1. Huifang Zhan, 2015. "Frequent Errors in Chinese EFL Learners’ Topic-Based Writings," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(5), pages 1-72, May.
    2. Yuan Sang, 2017. "Investigate the “Issues†in Chinese Students’ English Writing and Their “Reasons†: Revisiting the Recent Evidence in Chinese Academia," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 6(3), pages 1-1, August.

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