Corpus-Based Error Analyses of Contestants' Writing from Vocational Colleges

摘要

Based on corpus of the Third National English Writing Contest for Technical and Vocational Colleges, the paper makes an empirical error analysis of contestants' writing, by using software such as PatCount, AntConc, and SPSS 19. Then, causes for the errors are analyzed in view of communication strategy, mother tongue interference, and overgeneralization. Finally some possible solutions are made to remedy or avoid such errors.