ABSTRACT
As an inevitable phenomenon in the field of second language acquisition, language transfer has become a controversial topic in this field. The author will conduct an empirical research based on the theory of first language transfer and error analysis. After a careful study of 90 compositions, the author analyzes errors caused by first language transfer. Typical examples will be carefully selected and analyzed to prove that first language transfer has an impact on verbal lexical collocation. Finally, the author tries to give some proposals based on a combination of her English learning experience and research.
Key words：writing; first language transfer; verbal collocation
1．Introduction 1
1.1 Research Background 1
1.2 Significance of the Study 2
1.3 Method of the Study 2
1.4 Organization of the Thesis 3
2. Language Transfer 4
2.1 General Studies on Language Transfer 4
2.2 Cultural Transfer 6
3. Verbal Collocation 8
3.1 General Studies on Verbal Collocation 8
3.2 Lexical Collocation 9
3.3 Grammatical Collocation 10
3.4 Corpora based collocation 10
4. Empirical Study 12
4.1 Overall Design 12
4.2 Subjects 13
4.3 Data Collection and Analysis 14
4.4 Suggestions for teaching and learning 16
5．Conclusion 17
Acknowledgements 18
References 19
