A cross-sectional investigation of the use of modal verbs in Chinese EFL learners’ English writing

Xia Gao

doi:10.30827/portalin.vi40.22259

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Xia Gao Beihang University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-6939

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https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi40.22259

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verbos modales, corpus, transversal, escritura académica, los Estándares de China de Capacidad del Idioma Inglés (CSE)

Resumen

Este estudio, basado en un corpus de escritura de estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera, ha investigado el uso de verbos modales en los niveles 1 a 7 de acuerdo con los Estándares de China de Capacidad del Idioma Inglés (CSE). Los resultados de los análisis cuantitativos y cualitativos indican que: 1) los estudiantes chinos de inglés como lengua extranjera en los niveles 1-7 de CSE usan más verbos modales por escrito que los estudiantes nativos en MICUSP; 2) constantemente abusan de CAN, WILL y SHOULD, pero infrautilizan WOULD en su escritura de niveles cruzados; 3) las formas sobresalientes y los sentidos fundamentales de los verbos modales son los más recurrentes en la escritura en los niveles 1 a 3 de CSE y el uso de los estudiantes se vuelve más productivos y variables en los niveles superiores; y 4) los pares forma-significado parecen existir: los verbos modales con la estructura de aspecto perfecto y sus asociados sentidos son raros en la escritura de los estudiantes chinos de inglés. La variación de registros cruzados y la complejidad de la estructura pueden explicar la ausencia de algunas formas verbales modales en la escritura de los alumnos.

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