Abstract: Based on the spoken materials collected from the English majors in the past four years, the developmental features of Chinese EFL learners chunks in their spoken English are reported. The results indicate that there is an inverse increase between the length of learners spoken chunks and their number and type. Chinese EFL learners depend too much upon the n.+v. chunks, n. chunks and v. chunks, but use less prep. chunks. With the development of learners English ability, they use more and more chunks in their spoken English.

Key words: English learner, chunks in written English, developmental feature

摘要： 跟踪国内某大学英语专业学生四年时间，收集不同阶段口语语料，基于语料库的方法，从多方面探讨学习者口语语块的发展性特征。研究表明：学习者口语中使用语块的数量、种类与语块自身的长度成反比；学习者口语表达时过分依赖名词+动词语块、名词语块和动词语块,而较少使用介词语块，与本族语者之间存在明显差别；随着学习者英语水平的提高，其使用语块的数量呈现正态增长趋势。研究结果对中国英语学习者语块习得与教学具有启发意义。

关键词: 英语学习者, 口语语块, 发展特征