Chunk Using Changes of Second Language Learners—Empirical Study on Non-English Majors in China

Abstract

English learning is time-consuming and not fruitful for most Non-English majors in China. This paper is looking for some possible reasons and solutions from the point of chunk using. The paper bases on two empirical studies in 2006 and 2016. Each time two randomly chosen classes are involved in a one-semester observation and study. Questionnaires, interviews, writing samples and test scores are used as basic data and information. SPSS and some other necessary software are adopted in quantitative and qualitative research. The research reveals that the students’ chunk using is getting better, but still not satisfactory; chunk-using score is positively correlated with their language skills and performance in language test; college English teaching has changed a lot while disadvantages still exist and has great influence on students’ chunk understanding and English learning.