An Investigation Of Thai Middle School Students' Acquisition Of The Structure Of "Zhe/Na+Individual Classifier+Noun"

The structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� appears more frequently in modern Chinese.It is simple for learners whose mother tongue is Chinese.However,the author discovers in teaching practice that this structure is a relatively difficult for thai middle school Students.They are prone to making mistakes such as mix-use and disordering in the process of acquiring the structure of �zhe/na+ individual classifier + noun�.However,the textbooks and grammar books used in Thai middle schools do not fully explain the structure.Therefore,this article selects the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� as the object of research.Firstly,it makes a comparison between the quantifier phrases formed by individual quantifiers in Chinese and Thai to find the similarities and differences between them.Secondly,the author collected the errors of Thai students in the process of learning this structure by questionnaire,thus analyzing the errors based on the collected corpus to summarize the reasons.Finally,the corresponding teaching strategies are proposed.This thesis aims to make up for the deficiencies of current research by studying Thai students' Chinese acquisition of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� and to enrich the teaching theory of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun�.To add up,it hopes to offer some kind of practical assistance for future teaching of the structure of �zhe /na + individual classifier + noun� on Thai students.The whole text is mainly divided into the following parts:The first chapter is the introduction.In this part,it briefly introduces the reasons and the research value of this topic.Moreover,the research methods and corpus sources of this thesis are explained as well.Finally,it describes the research status of the structure of �zhe/na+ individual classifier + noun� based on ontology and teaching chinese as a foreign language.The second chapter includes a comparative analysis of Chinese and Thai,mainly comparing the quantifier phrases formed by individual quantifiers in Chinese and Thai.Firstly,�zhe/na� and individual classifier of the structure are taken as the research object,thus completing the comparison from the perspective of usage,classification,syntactic position,etc.A further comparison of the arrangement order of elements is carried out,thus telling the similarities and differences between Chinese and Thai,which offers a theoretical basis for the following analysis.The third chapter involves an analysis on the acquisition of the structure of �zhe/na+ individual classifier + noun� in Thai among beginners and intermediate learners.The following sections are included in it: the purpose of the research,the objects of the research,the contents of the research,and the analysis of the result of the research.Through describing the survey process and analyzing the survey results,the author could tell the extent of students' acquisition of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� among the beginners and intermediate learners in Thailand.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes the errors happening in the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� among Thai Students.In this part,five types of errors that Thai students are prone to are concluded,namely,omission,addition,misuse,mix-use,and wrong sequence.The fifth chapter is an analysis of reasons accounting for errors of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� among the beginners and intermediate learners in Thailand.This part analyzes Thai students' acquisition of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun� based on five aspects: negative transfer of mother tongue,negative transfer of target language knowledge,learning strategies,inadequacy of textbook writing,and teachers' influence.The sixth chapter puts forward the teaching strategies of the structure of �zhe/na + individual classifier + noun�.It is based on the previous part,thus proposing relevant solutions to dealing with errors made by Thai students.Specific suggestions are put forward mainly through four aspects: teachers,students,teaching materials,and schools,all of which focus on teaching the structure of �zhe /na + individual classifier + noun�.The last part is the conclusion,which firstly summarizes the main content and the viewpoints of this thesis.Then it shows the innovations of this thesis,and finally points out that there is still room for further improvements.