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acing Teenagers’ Emotional Crisis —Inspiration from Juno A thesis submitted to Department of Foreign Languages of China Agricultural University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts By: Ying Zhang Supervisor: Zhifang Wang May 15, 2012 Abstract The aim of this research is, through a general comparison between learners’ corpora and NSs’ corpora, to probe into the characteristics of Chinese EFL learners with regard to their use of linking adverbials in writing and speaking, and give an impersonal description about the non-nativeness that the learners demonstrate in the use of linking adverbials. It is found that Chinese EFL learners have shown an overall overusing tendency in using linking adverbials in their speaking and writing. The results have shown that the factors contributing to Chinese EFL learners’ use of linking adverbials are multifold, such as mother tongue transfer, pedagogical instructions, stylistic awareness, semantic understanding, and pragmatic considerations. Keywords: linking adverbials, Chinese EFL learners, use, teaching  摘 要 本研究以连接副词为研究对象，主要目的是探讨中国大学英语学习者在英语口语和笔语中使用连接副词的特点，并对其在连接副词的使用上表现出的非母语性进行客观描述。研究发现：无论在口语还是在写作中，中国大学英语学习者在连接副词的使用上都有过多使用的倾向。影响中国大学英语学习者使用连接副词的因素是多方面的，如母语迁移、教学引导、文体意识、语义理解以及语用知识等。 关键词：连接副词；大学英语学习者；使用；教学 Table of Contents Abstract I 摘 要 II I．Introduction 1 1.1 Research Background 1 1.2 Motivations and Objectives 2 1.2.1 Motivations 2 1.2.2 Objectives 3 Ⅱ．The Theoretical Framework of Child Language Learning 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 A Selective Review of Child Learning 5 2.3 Child Language Learning 6 III. Some Critical Issues in Primary EFL Instruction in Chinese Context 7 3.1 Introduction 7 3.2 The Debate about the Inclusion of English in the Primary Curriculum 7 3.3 The Contents of Primary English Curriculum 8 Ⅳ. Research Design – A Survey Study 9 4.1 Introduction 9 4.2 The Survey Background 9 4.3 Subjects 9 4.4 Data Collection and Analysis 10 Ⅴ. Results and Discussions 11 5.1 In