Beijing Foreign Studies University Research Articles

Research on the Application of Gray Prediction and BP Neural Network in English-Chinese Translation Quality Assessment

Abstract Gray prediction model and BP neural network are increasingly used in many fields as important prediction and analysis tools. The article first elaborates on the related algorithm of the gray prediction method. It constructs the gray prediction model, then constructs the BP neural network, and builds the gray BP neural network translation quality assessment model through the modeling of the simulation of the artificial neural network, and finally takes eight postgraduate students of translation majors of Beijing Foreign Studies University as the subjects, and the eight students translate two articles with similar word counts and difficulties, and score the translation quality of the subjects, and reasonably evaluate and scientifically predict these translations in order to validate the grey translation quality of subjects. The quality of translation is scored, and these translations are reasonably evaluated and scientifically predicted to verify the role and effect of the gray BP neural network in the quality of English-Chinese translation. The study concludes that the results based on the gray prediction model are that the prediction results are in the error range of 0%–7% compared with the original data, and the overall error is small. The prediction results of the compensatory fuzzy neural network prediction model for all 8 subjects before and after translation were more accurate than those predicted by the traditional fuzzy neural network method, with a good fit to the actual monitoring data and a small relative error. Only one subject out of the 8 spent more time on Chapter B than on Chapter A. Chapter B was more time-consuming than Chapter A. The time spent on Chapter A was more than the time spent on Chapter A. Chapter B was more time-consuming than Chapter A. Chapter B was more time-consuming than Chapter A. One subject spent equal time on both articles. The remaining 6 subjects did not spend as much time on chapter B as they did on chapter A.

Genes and Sales

This paper presents one of the first marketing applications of molecular genetics. We report evidence that salespeople’s genetic variants linked to educational attainment predict sales performance. Both genetics and selling effort contribute to sales performance, whereas genetics contribute more than personality traits. We further show that adaptive learning, as captured in salespeople’s customer orientation and opportunity recognition skills, may explain the gene-sales relationship. We discuss the implications of these findings for sales management and the value of genetic research for the marketing field. This paper was accepted by Matthew Shum, marketing. Funding: S. Gong acknowledges financial support from the NSFC [Grant 71972040] and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2022NTSS43]. Q. Li acknowledges financial support from the NSFC [Grant 72072014] and Young Talent Program of Beijing Foreign Studies University. S. Su acknowledges financial support from the NSFC [Grant 71872016]. Supplemental Material: The data files and online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4879 .

Milton in China

Milton in China

The Integration and Thinking of University Social Responsibility in French Teaching in the New Era

<p>21世紀大學社會責任旨在為〝整個社會的可持續發展〞做出貢獻。新時期教書育人的理念重視對人長久能力的培養，可以包括：人格修養、批判性分析與創造性思維、富有同理心和文明互鑒的人文精神、從不同角度考察社會問題、多方位理解和看待日益全球化和技術化的當今世界等。近幾年以大學社會責任為宗旨的北京外國語大學二外法語教學實踐，從傳授知識、答疑解惑、課題反思、教學設計等多方面融入立德樹人、知行合一的教育理念，因勢利導、潛移默化地培養學生的社會責任意識和互鑒共賞的文化素養，增強其批判性分析和多維思考能力，激發他們服務社會、貢獻社會的學習熱情。從學習態度、學習成績、關心國內國際大事、熱心公益、積極投身社會活動與實踐等諸方面來看，學生品質整體水準在不斷提高。本文將結合筆者法語教學實踐的案例和體會，探討如何將大學社會責任融入法語教學過程，培養符合社會可持續發展需要的優秀畢業生。</p> <p> </p><p>The university social responsibility in the 21st century aims to contribute to the "sustainable development of the entire society". As a developed concept of imparting knowledge and educating people, the philosophy of education in the new era attaches great importance to the cultivation of long-term abilities of people, including: personality cultivation, critical analysis and creative thinking, empathy and spirit of mutual learning among civilizations, examining social issues from different angles, as well as multi-faceted understanding and looking at the increasingly globalized and technological world today. In recent years, the teaching practice of French as a second foreign language at Beijing Foreign Studies University, which aims at the social responsibility of the university, incorporates the educational concept of cultivating morality and integrating knowledge and action from many aspects in order to subtly cultivate students’ awareness of social responsibility and cultural literacy of mutual appreciation, enhance their critical analysis and multi-dimensional thinking ability, and stimulate their enthusiasm for learning to serve and contribute to the society. From the perspective of learning attitude, academic performance, concern for domestic and international events, and active participation in social welfare activities and practices, the overall quality of students is constantly improving. With some cases and experience in the author’s French teaching practice, this article tries to discuss how to integrate university social responsibility into the French teaching process, so as to foster excellence in students who meet the needs of sustainable social development.</p> <p> </p>

Yi Lijun (1934–2022)

On 7 February 2022, Professor Yi Lijun passed away in Beijing. She was the most outstanding Chinese Polish scholar, and was known as the ambassador of Polish literature in China. She was closely linked with the University of Gdańsk. In 2007, she received an honorary doctorate from the University, and she was a member of the Academic Council of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Gdańskand of the scholarly bi-annual journal Gdańsk East Asian Studies. Yi Lijun was born on 4 December 1934 in the Huang Gang administrative district of Hu Bei Province. She studied in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Wuhan University, and studied Polish at the University of Warsaw from 1954 to 1960. After returning to China, Yi Lijun worked for two years as a journalist for Radio Beijing. In 1962, she started work at Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she remained to the end of her academic career. For many years, she was director of the Department of Polish Language in the Faculty of European Languages of BFSU. She taught several generations of Chinese Polish scholars, who today work at universities, in foreign trade, in culture, in the tourist industry, and in diplomacy. She contributed hugely to the cause of Polish culture in China as a translator, scholar, and promoter of Polish literature. She translated into Chinese the writings of over forty Polish authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her list of publications includes more than seventy works in prose and verse, including: Adam Mickiewicz’s Dziady (Forefathers’ Eve), parts III and IV; Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Krzyżacy (The Knights of the Cross), Ogniem i mieczem (With Fire and Sword ), and Potop (The Deluge); Witold Gombrowicz’s Ferdydurke; Olga Tokarczuk’s Prawiek i inne czasy (Primeval and Other Times) and Dom dzienny, dom nocny (House of Day, House of Night); and Wybór klechd i baśni polskich. She also brought to Chinese readers poems by Polish winners of the Nobel Prize, Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska, and also those of many other poets. Her publications include scores of articles on Polish writers. She edited more than 300 entries on Polish writers and Polish literature for Chinese encyclopedias. Professor Yi Lijun received many Polish state awards in recognition of her achievements, including the Medal for Services to Polish Culture – Gloria Artis, the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, and the Medal of the Commission for National Education.

The search for new stories to live by: A summary of ten ecolinguistics lectures delivered by Arran Stibbe

Abstract This article is a summary of Professor Arran Stibbe’s ten online lectures on ecolinguistics at Beijing Foreign Studies University. The lecture series begins by asking: Why, from an ecolinguistic perspective, do we need new stories to live by? With theoretical insights and practical analyses of a wide range of discourses, it then illustrates how eight types of stories, including ideology, evaluation, erasure, salience, identity, narrative, framing, and metaphor can work cognitively to influence the way people construe reality, in the hope of encouraging people to use language that can inspire them to protect the planet instead of destroying it.

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

Designing and Supporting Virtual Exchange: The Case of Chinese–English e-Tandem

This article examines how adult distance learners with limited levels of second language (L2) proficiency can engage in and benefit from e-tandem learning and to what extent intercultural learning takes place in the context of a six-week guided e-tandem project. While UK participants have completed a one-year beginners’ Chinese course at the Open University, their proficiency level in Chinese remains modest (between A1 and A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference scale). Their Chinese counterparts are undergraduates at Beijing Foreign Studies University with eight years of studying English behind them and majoring in English. This asymmetry presents particular challenges. Through analysis of email exchanges, transcripts of Skype conversations and interviews, surveys, and learning diaries, we research learner engagement and development as well as identifying areas where the design of the exchange might be improved and support for less advanced learners strengthened. Our findings suggest that while there is significant evidence of L2 development and intercultural learning, this can come at a high price for learners. Our conclusion, based on participant feedback, outlines modifications to the standard e-tandem model which might provide more effective support for those who are struggling and make for a less challenging but equally enriching experience. These findings have pedagogical implications for the future design of e-tandem projects, in particular how to best support e-tandem exchanges involving asymmetry, or where participants have limited L2 proficiency.

The School of History and the Institute for Global History, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Abstract The School of History and the Institute for Global History of Beijing Foreign Studies University was founded in December 2017. It aims to become a significant platform in China for international scholars to conduct research on global history. The school offers course on the histories of China and regions across the world from a global perspective. In terms of research, it is the school’s goal to understand history through interactions, especially the interaction between China and the world in modern terms. The school pays special attention to the fields of the history of ideas, the knowledge transfer and scholarly exchange, and the cultural and linguistic contact between the East and the West.

Lesson Study as a Catalyst for University Language Teacher Development

TESOL QuarterlyVolume 55, Issue 2 p. 621-632 Brief Research Reports Lesson Study as a Catalyst for University Language Teacher Development Hong Zhang, Corresponding Author Hong Zhang crystalsmile630@126.com orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-2637 National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China Correspondence: Hong Zhang. Email: crystalsmile630@126.comSearch for more papers by this author Hong Zhang, Corresponding Author Hong Zhang crystalsmile630@126.com orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-2637 National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China Correspondence: Hong Zhang. Email: crystalsmile630@126.comSearch for more papers by this author First published: 03 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3019Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume55, Issue2June 2021Pages 621-632 RelatedInformation

Teaching Polish studies in the new era: strategy and methods based on the example of the curriculum of teaching translation and interpreting

Polish studies in China have a history of over 65 years. The oldest centre of Polish studies was established in Beijing (Beijing Foreign Studies University) in 1954. In the last decade, several centres teaching Polish language and culture have emerged in China. The development, implementation, and modifications of the curricula of teaching Chinese students Polish constitutes an important issue and a major challenge for centres of Polish studies in China. This article discusses the latest curriculum of teaching Polish at Beijing Foreign Studies University, with the oldest Polish courses in China, and presents the strategy and methods for implementing the curriculum using the example of translation classes. I shall answer the question of what role in the Chinese-Polish exchange Polish studies in China can play, and what the objective of producing Polish studies graduates in China is and how that is fulfilled.

Building professional learning communities of foreign language teachers in higher education

In recent decades there has been increasing interest in identifying the critical features of effective professional learning communities (PLCs). This identification is useful for evaluating the quality of a PLC, but not for building one. This study aims at describing a conceptual model for developing a new PLC, illustrating its application with an example. The model is explained in terms of four constitutive elements (PARTICIPANTS, OBJECTIVES, MEDIATORS, and MECHANISM), and their interactive relations. The development of a PLC of foreign language teachers (PLC-FLTs) at Beijing Foreign Studies University is used to illustrate how the model can function successfully. The illustration is coupled with a discussion of the PLC’s decades of experience in collective leadership, management of the four elements, and tips for tackling various challenges in keeping the PLC going.

Polish+. Program nowych studiów polskich na Uniwersytecie Syczuańskim w Chengdu.

The fi rst university programme in Polish studies in China was launched already in the 1950s. The foundations laid by a few generations of specialists in Polish studies from Beijing Foreign Studies University permit the development of successive programmes in Polish studies in other Chinese academic centres. They use the support of the PRC government, which has been implementing a dynamic foreign policy addressed to the Central and Eastern European countries for a few years now. One of the new centres offering innovative programmes in Polish studies, which are combined with the economic and international path, is the Sichuan University in Chengdu, supported by the University of Warsaw. This paper describes the formation of the Polish+ programme in Chengdu and presents the details related to the curriculum of the studies, which inspires other Chinese higher education institutions to introduce similar specialties in cooperation with the greatest Polish higher education institutions.

TARGET DIMENSIONS OF BULGARIAN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN CHINA: LANGUAGE SKILLS, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY

Teaching Bulgarian language and literature in China has a history of nearly 60 years. During this period, the discussion about the concept and methodology of foreign language teaching has never stopped, which concerns the orientation of language teaching – language skills, general knowledge or interdisciplinary competence. Following the trend for reforming the curriculum, teaching Bulgarian at Beijing Foreign Studies University applies the new concept of teaching within the development of the curriculum and the new teaching methods in order to achieve new goals and requirements. To a great extent, the structural reform of Bulgarian language teaching reflects the evolution of the concept of foreign language education. From 1961 to the 2000s, the main features of the curriculum were generality and skill-based, which focused greatly on basic and linguistic skills, as well as on the grammatical knowledge and the general knowledge related to Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. From the beginning of the 21st century, even though language skills courses still account for a large proportion of the curriculum, the types of courses have been gradually diversified, reflecting the transition from language skill-based to knowledge-oriented, and then to cross-cultural ability-oriented. By achieving the transition, Bulgarian language teaching in China currently is realized in three target dimensions – language skills, general knowledge and interdisciplinary.

Η ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ ΩΣ ΞΕΝΗΣ ΣΕ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ: Η ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΕΝΤΡΟΥ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΞΕΝΩΝ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ ΤΟΥΕΚΙΝΟΥ

Η ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ ΩΣ ΞΕΝΗΣ ΣΕ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ: Η ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΕΝΤΡΟΥ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΞΕΝΩΝ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ ΤΟΥΕΚΙΝΟΥ

Mock Conference’s Impact on Internalizing Translating and Interpreting Learners’ Motivation

The internalization of motivation in second/foreign language (L2) learning and the use of mock conferences (MCs) to prepare Translating and Interpreting learners for future professional careers have been widely researched by scholars, but whether mock conference can facilitate the internalization of T&I learners’ motivation are under-researched. Based on Self Determination Theory (SDT), this thesis investigates the effectiveness of MC in facilitating internalization of motivation through an empirical study which involves a two-week long pedagogical experiment on two parallel classes of T&I learners taught by the same teacher in their first year of graduate study at Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Beijing Foreign Studies University. The research shows that compared with traditional teacher-centered teaching model, MCs can better facilitate internalization of T&I learners’ motivation. This article justifies the use of MCs as a situated approach in interpreting teaching and describes the design of MCs according to the psychological needs of Self Determination Theory (SDT). In addition, the paper offers suggestions for further improvement of mock conference’s design at postgraduate level.Key words: second/foreign language (L2) acquisition; mock conference; self-determination; internalization of motivation

Rain or Fish, and: Water Bird

Rain or Fish, and: Water Bird Gao Xing (bio) Translated by Ming Di (bio), Frank Stewart (bio), and Liang Yujing (bio) rain or fish Rain (yu) and fish (yu) are homonyms in Chinese but have different tones. Suddenly lightningflashes and the rainis transformed into fish, each transparent bluefalling in a torrentacross the earth Below,some of the people are startled and panic,they cower here and there and cover their heads.Others are ecstatic and opentheir welcoming arms. I blink my eyes and cry aloud:Look, the sky is having a dream. [End Page 33] water bird Something streaks across the skyplunges into the water and rises—was it merely the sky's shadow? The bird paddles along,slaps at the surface, then stops.What shall I do? It hesitates as ifconsidering its options:turn around, dive under, or fly away—three possibilities to choose from,three paths, three directions. The bird turns back,Then returns, and suddenly dives as ifovercoming some obstacle in its path.It surfaces, and then rises into the airin the direction of the horizon.The bird is certain that it can haveall three choices, as if they were all one. Only such a bird knows the meaning of freedom.But it does not speak. The bird has no need at all to speak of freedom. [End Page 34] Gao Xing Gao Xing 高兴 was born in Jiangsu province in 1963 and graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. In addition to writing poems and essays, he has translated Milan Kundera, Ismail Kadare, Tomaz Salamun, and others into Chinese. He is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chinese journal World Literature. Ming Di Ming Di 明迪 is a Chinese poet based in the U.S. She attended Boston College and Boston University, where she taught Chinese. She has published six books of poetry in Chinese along with a collaborative translation, River Merchant's Wife (2012). She co-translated The Book of Cranes by Zang Di (2015) with Neil Aitken, and Empty Chairs: Selected Poems by Liu Xia (2015) with Jennifer Stern, which was a finalist for the 2016 Best Translation Book Award. She edited and co-translated New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry (2013) and New Poetry from China 1917–2017 (2019). In 2013 and 2014, she received Henry Luce Foundation fellowships. A co-founder of Poetry East West journal, she serves as the China editor for Poetry International Rotterdam. She has also translates from English into Chinese, most recently Observations by Marianne Moore (2018). Frank Stewart Frank Stewart is a recipient of the Whiting Writers Award. His edited books include The Poem Behind the Poem: Translating Asian Poetry (2004). His translations, with Michelle Yeh, are included in Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems of Yang Mu (2018). He has also translated I, Snow Leopard by Jidi Majia (2016); other translations have appeared in Chinese Poetry Today, World Literature Today, and Harvard Review On-line: "Omniglots." Liang Yujing Liang Yujing grew up in China and is a doctral candidate at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the Chinese translator of Best New Zealand Poems 2014 and the English translator of Zero Distance: New Poetry from China. Copyright © 2019 University of Hawaiʿi Press

Contributors to This Issue

Previous article FreeContributors to This IssuePDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreJingyun Dai is a doctoral student in sociology at Harvard University. She is broadly interested in political sociology, organizations, and the sociology of knowledge.Greg Distelhorst is the Mitsubishi Career Development Professor in International Management and Assistant Professor of Global Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an investigator with the Governance Project at Stanford University. His research on public participation and government responsiveness in China has recently appeared in The Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Quarterly Journal of Political Science.Anoushiravan Ehteshami is professor and the Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Chair in International Relations and director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. His publications include Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf: Political Economy, War and Revolution (2013), Iran: Stuck in Transition (2017), and, as co-editor with Niv Horesh, China’s Presence in the Middle East: The Implications of the One Belt, One Road Initiative (2018).Diana Fu is assistant professor of Asian politics at the University of Toronto. She works on contentious politics in China, with a focus on labor and civil society. She is the author of Mobilizing without the Masses: Control and Contention in China (2017), and her articles have appeared in Comparative Politics Studies, Governance, and Modern China.Niv Horesh is associate professor at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University. He has published several books and articles in the fields of history, business, and Asian studies. He is particularly interested in monetary policy and outbound foreign investment, past and present.Ewan Smith is the Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and an associate at the Oxford University China Centre. He spent ten years working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including five years in the Political Section of the British Embassy in Beijing. His current research considers the role of political rules in China’s constitutional order.Anthony J. Spires is senior lecturer at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne. His research focuses on the development of civil society in China, including philanthropy, governmental regulation, and the cultures of nonprofit organizations. He recently served as a consulting editor for the American Journal of Sociology and is a frequent reviewer for other academic publications.Beibei Tang is associate professor in the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou. Her research focuses on state-society relations, grassroots governance, and social class in contemporary China. She was awarded the 2015 Gordon White Prize by The China Quarterly, and she has also published in The China Journal, Journal of Contemporary China, and other journals. She is the author of China’s Housing Middle Class (2018).Ruike Xu is lecturer at the School of English and International Studies at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. He specializes in China–Middle East relations and the US-UK special relationship. His articles have appeared in International Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Asian Affairs. He is also the author of Alliance Persistence within the Anglo-American Special Relationship: The Post-Cold War Era (2017).Xu Yi-chong is professor in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University. She is author of Sinews of Power (2017) and Politics of Nuclear Energy in China (2010), and co-author (with Patrick Weller) of The Working World of International Organisations (2018) and Inside the World Bank (2009). Previous article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The China Journal Volume 79January 2018 Published on behalf of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/694917 Copyright 2018 by The Australian National University. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Assessing the English Translation of BFSU’s New Motto

<p>The motto is a potent marketing tool in today’s globalized site of higher education. Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) adopted a new motto in 2011 to reflect its new self-branding as a cosmopolitan scholar-doer. Its English translation has since then triggered much discussion about quality assessment. The current study critically surveys the existing literature on translation quality assessment (TQA), in an effort to identify an appropriate framework to assess the translation of Chinese university mottos. House’s model (2015) is found the most appropriate and applied to the official translation of the BFSU motto, after being adjusted in two important aspects. One, in regard to the rise of English as a language of global communication, it is proposed that more broad-based English norms than those of English as a native language be established for the purpose of adjudicating cultural filtering. Two, the use of corpus-based contrastive pragmatics is expanded to gauge the justifiability of overt as well as covert mismatches. While the errors identified by such a modified model are better intersubjectively verifiable, it remains to see how social research can be incorporated into the system to assess the degrees different errors may impact on the perceived quality of a translation.</p>

A Corpus-based Study on Collocation and Colligation of “Soil” in Agricultural English

This paper was based on the corpus built by the writers on agricultural science and technology English. Through corpus-based research and statistical tools AntConc 3.2.1 and BFSU Collocator 1.0 (Beijing Foreign Studies University Collocator 1.0), this paper tried to make an analysis of the collocation and colligation of the word “soil”. The result revealed the colligation between “soil” and its collocates in agricultural academic papers, which was instructive to academic writing and the research method was a practical reference of building a corpus on agricultural science and technology English.