Spelling Errors Analysis in College English Writing

How English learners master and use vocabulary in writing is not only an important criterion for their English writing, but also a crucial aspect to show their ability to express in English. Moreover, the use of English vocabulary in their writing can further represent how well they learn English vocabulary. However, it can also reflect some existing faults in the vocabulary teaching and learning. How to improve vocabulary teaching and how to help learners use words effectively are the main problems to deal with during vocabulary teaching. This paper tries to do an empirical investigation, helping both teachers and language learners locate the difficult points in the target language and get prepared to acquire the language in a more oriented way. This study is carried out by collecting 68 compositions written by non-English majors. The errors are classified into three categories: local syntactic errors, global syntactic errors and semantic errors. As required, each category is further divided according to different criterions. Major causes are offered by illustration. Finally, some suggestions on vocabulary teaching are offered