Abstract

<p>The learning of English as a foreign language is an additional burden for art majors. This study aimed to examine high frequency words in art research articles to improve the efficiency of art majors’ English learning, especially their academic reading and writing. For this aim, the study built a corpus, analyzed data from art research articles and compared data with three base word lists. We found that the General Service List (GSL) and the Academic Word List (AWL) had a high coverage in our corpus, and there was a different high frequency word order in the Art Research Article Corpus (ARAC). These findings provide some implications for teaching English for art majors. </p>

Highlights

  • In China, art majors have much more difficulty in the acquisition of English as a foreign or second language

  • The results show that mastery of the top 2000 General Service List (GSL) words had a significant meaning in reading and writing art research articles

  • The study was conducted on the basis of the art research article corpus

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Introduction

In China, art majors have much more difficulty in the acquisition of English as a foreign or second language. For a better score in the entrance examination, art students pay more attention to develop their enterprise in art. Their English language proficiency is comparatively lower than other majors (Zhang et al, 2008; Wang, 2012; Li, 2014; Yuan & Wang, 2015). Once they are admitted to art colleges, they have to take the common core course, i.e. English communication. How to teach the course effectively is essential for students to learn about foreign culture, communicate in master classes delivered by foreign artists, read research articles in international journals, and strategic for the whole country to build a strong cultural nation, realize cultural renaissance, and involve in more international culture interactions

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