| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第11-24页 |
| ·Understanding English Articles | 第11-18页 |
| ·Definition of English Articles | 第11-12页 |
| ·Origins and Forms of Articles | 第12-13页 |
| ·Basic Usage of Articles | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on English Article System | 第15-18页 |
| ·Understanding Errors | 第18-22页 |
| ·Definition of Errors | 第18-19页 |
| ·Errors and Mistakes | 第19页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Error Analysis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Procedures of Error Analysis | 第20-22页 |
| ·General Introduction to Corpus Linguistics and Characteristics of Corpus-based Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第24-30页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Chinese Learner English Corpus | 第24-26页 |
| ·Retrieval Software | 第26页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第26-27页 |
| ·Procedures for the Study | 第27-30页 |
| ·Procedures for the Corpus-based Analysis | 第27-29页 |
| ·Procedures of Data Analysis for the Writing Samples of College Students | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Result and Discussion | 第30-44页 |
| ·General Findings | 第30-31页 |
| ·A General Description of Article Errors Obtained from CLEC Retrieval | 第30页 |
| ·Results Obtained from the Writing Samples of College Students | 第30-31页 |
| ·Article Errors in Different Environments | 第31-35页 |
| ·Article Omission | 第31-33页 |
| ·Article Addition | 第33-34页 |
| ·Article Confusion | 第34-35页 |
| ·Article Disorder | 第35页 |
| ·Explanation of Possible Causes for Article Errors | 第35-41页 |
| ·Internal Sources | 第36-40页 |
| ·External Factors | 第40-41页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第41-43页 |
| ·Knowledge of Articles Should be Taught in Combination with the Knowledge of Nouns | 第41页 |
| ·Students’Awareness of the Usage of Articles Should be Raised | 第41-42页 |
| ·Learner’Input Should be Enhanced with the help of Corpora and Concordance Tools | 第42-43页 |
| ·Error Analysis Should be Employed to Facilitate Article Teaching | 第43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary of Findings | 第44页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Researches | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-50页 |
| Appendices | 第50-52页 |
| Abbreviations | 第52-53页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第53-54页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第54-55页 |
