As a tag information, discourse marker plays an important role in the oralcommunication. On the one hand, it has the function of modal expression, to responsethe speaker’s emotional attitude. On the other hand, it can make the session smoother,having the effect of prompting information. But because of the characteristics ofsemantic bleaching and looseness of structure, there are a lot of obstacles inunderstanding and acquisition for foreign students. First of all, make a definition andclassification of discourse marker. Then through the questionnaire and recording,investigate the errors made by senior students. And summarize the types of error,exploring the reasons for error. At the same time, reveal and analyze the essence ofusing discourse marker, including the factors that affect learning effect, the learningchannels that usually rely on, the satisfaction of teacher and teaching materials, etc.Finally from the perspective of students, teachers, and teaching material, put forwardsome feasible suggestions for foreign spoken Chinese teaching. |