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中国英语学习者Wh-疑问句习得研究的中期报告.docx

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中国英语学习者Wh-疑问句习得研究的中期报告 Introduction Theabilitytoaskquestionsisafundamentalcomponentofcommunicationinanylanguage.Wh-questions,whichbeginwithquestionwordssuchas'what','who','where','why',and'how',areparticularlyimportantforgatheringinformationandexploringtopicsinconversation.However,forChineseEnglishlearners,theacquisitionofWh-questionsinEnglishmaypresentuniquechallengesduetodifferencesinthegrammaticalsystemsofthetwolanguages.Therefore,thismid-termreportaimstodiscusstheresearchonWh-questionacquisitioninChineseEnglishlearnersandtoidentifypotentialfactorsthataffecttheprocess. ResearchonWh-questionacquisition Therehasbeenextensiveresearchonsecondlanguageacquisition(SLA)inthefieldoflinguistics,withaparticularfocusontheacquisitionofgrammaticalstructures.OneareaofinterestistheacquisitionofWh-questions.SeveralstudieshaveinvestigatedthedevelopmentofWh-questionsamongChineseEnglishlearners,withvaryingresults. OnestudybyZhangandChen(2018)foundthatChineseEnglishlearnerstendedtostrugglewiththeformationofWh-questions,particularlywiththeuseofauxiliaryverbs.ThiswasattributedtodifferencesinthegrammaticalsystemsofChineseandEnglish.InChinese,theuseofauxiliaryverbsisminimal,andquestionscanoftenbeformedbysimplyaddingaquestionparticleattheendofasentence.English,ontheotherhand,reliesheavilyonauxiliaryverbstoformquestions.ThisdifferencemaycauseconfusionanddifficultyforChineselearners. AnotherstudybyZhangandYang(2017)investigatedtheeffectsofageandproficiencyonWh-questionacquisition.ThestudyfoundthatyoungerlearnerstendedtoacquireWh-questionsmoreeasilythanolderlearners,suggestingthatagemayplayaroleintheacquisitionprocess.Additionally,higherproficiencylevelswereassociatedwithbetterWh-questionperformance,indicatingthatlanguageproficiencyisanimportantfactorintheacquisitionofthisstructure. Incontrast,astudybyLi(2020)foundthatChineseEnglishlearnerswerelesslikelytostrugglewithWh-questionsthanwithotherstructures,suchastenseandaspect.ThissuggeststhattheacquisitionofWh-questionsmaynotpresentasignificant