AnAnalysisoftheErrorsinAnAnalysisoftheErrorsinEnglishWritingoftheEnglishWritingoftheVocationalSchoolStudentsVocationalSchoolStudents------TakeAnYangSecondTakeAnYangSecondVocationalSchoolforExampleVocationalSchoolforExampleByBySupervisor:Prof.Supervisor:Prof.May,2011May,2011OutlineOutlineofthePresentationofthePresentationResearchMotivationsResearchQuestionsTheoreticalFrameworkResearchDesignMajorFindingsImplicationsLimitationsandSuggestionsResearchMotivationsFirstly,intheprocessoflearningaforeignlanguage,itFirstly,intheprocessoflearningaforeignlanguage,itisnotuncommonforlanguagelearnerstomakeerrors.isnotuncommonforlanguagelearnerstomakeerrors.EnglishwritingisoneofthefourbasicskillsthatallEnglishwritingisoneofthefourbasicskillsthatallEnglishlearnersarerequiredtomasterinlanguageEnglishlearnersarerequiredtomasterinlanguagelearninglearningSecondly,althoughquiteafewresearchesabouttheSecondly,althoughquiteafewresearchesabouttheerrorsinEnglishwritingshavebeenconducted,mosterrorsinEnglishwritingshavebeenconducted,mostoftheresearchesfocusupontheintermediateoroftheresearchesfocusupontheintermediateoradvancedlearners.Correspondingly,fewresearchesadvancedlearners.Correspondingly,fewresearchestakethestudentsinthevocationalschoolsasresearchtakethestudentsinthevocationalschoolsasresearchsubjectssubjectsResearchMotivationsThirdly,Thirdly,agoodEnglishwritinginvolvesaagoodEnglishwritinginvolvesalearner’scomprehensiveabilityofusinghislearner’scomprehensiveabilityofusinghislinguisticskills,therefore,Englishwritingisalinguisticskills,therefore,EnglishwritingisaveryhardtaskforanEnglishlearner.ThecaseveryhardtaskforanEnglishlearner.ThecaseistruefortheChinesestudentsinvocationalistruefortheChinesestudentsinvocationalschools.schools.ResearchQuestionsResearchQuestions(1)Whatarethemajorcategoriesofthe(1)WhatarethemajorcategoriesoftheerrorsmadebythestudentsofAnYangSeconderrorsmadebythestudentsofAnYangSecondV