Research on English Majors' Business English Writing based on the Theory of Lexical Chunks

DOI

10.2991/essaeme-16.2016.168How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English majors; BE writing; lexical chunk; English teaching

Abstract

As to Business English writing (BE writing), one of the most key courses for business English majors, it is one of the essential skills in the involvement of international business activities. The research is to apply the theory of lexical chunks to Business English Writing. This research is a trial to find out the lexical phrases used in BE writing and the students' writing proficiency which also exists inadequate proof in analysis and certification that are needed to be improved in the future studies. The conclusion is that Students from the experiment class adopt the lexical chunk approach, use larger vocabulary and more complicated grammar structures in their Business English Writing with fewer mistakes. Lexical chunks can promote students' vocabulary and grammar.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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