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eveloping learners' proficiency with lexicalchunks, has been put forward and opens a new way to English teaching .But most of thepresent studies on lexical chunks still rest on the theoretical discussions. In China, thoughthere are a few empirical studies on Lexical Approach, they are conductedEnglish learners. In this thesis, an empirical study is conducted aiming atwith generalinvestigating.whether mastering lexical chunks improves business letter writing and Lexical Approach issuitable for the teaching of business letter writing in higher vocational school. It is alsohoped that the chunk-awareness raising activities and productivity training methods inteaching lexical chunks in the study can be enlightening in teaching business letter writing.
    The current study involves 60 business English majors from two natural classes inKunshang Campus of Jiangsu City Vocational College, being taught by the author. The twoclasses are designated as one Experimental Group and one Control Group. In the study,which spans one semester, the Control Group is taught with the traditional teaching method.In the meantime, Lexical Approach is applied to the Experimental Group. After theexperiment, the author adopts quantitative and qualitative approaches to analyze the results.The statistical results of composition score indicates that the implementation of the lexicalapproach can help to improve learners' business letter writing performance in ChineseHigher Vocational College; The statistical results of the number of chunks used in students'compositions indicates that the implementation of the lexical approach has positive effectin the learner's use of lexical chunks in business letter writing. Thus we can have theconclusion that there is high correlation between the acquisition of lexical chunks and thesubjects' English writing ability. What's more, the author conducts a research on thelearner's idea about Lexical Approach by questionnaire and it is found that students arehighly motivated in business letter writing and get more confidence after they master theway of using lexical chunks.    Based on the research findings and analysis, some pedagogical implications areprovided:1)Developing students' awareness of lexical chunks in business English in the teachingprocess.2) Helping students develop good learning strategies.3) Organizing Discourse by Lexical Chunks consciously.

Chapter I 

Introduction
1 .1 Background of the Study   
China's entering into WTO has made the Chinese business more integrated into theglobalized business field. We are more open to the outside world in the case of business;therefore, international business communication gets more wanted than before. Bridgingthe language gap and managing effective communication between different cultures arekey factors in the business world. Business letter, as an important means of businesscommunication, is oriented to convey information, to express ideas, to exchange views andto deal with business transactions and helps to make and maintain good relationship withcustomers. It acts as, to some extent, a bridge between the writer an本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。