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Abstract One:
Noticing, as a controversial term in cognitive psychology and second language acquisition (SLA), has been discussed for many years. The concept of“Noticing”made by Schmidt is commonly accepted. Besides, there is still no consensus on the role of noticing in SLA. Based on the theory“Noticing”, the focus of this study is to testify Schmidt’s Noticing Hypothesis and to validate the crucial role of noticing in language teaching, especially in college English writing. Based on the data collected by writing test, different classroom teaching methods, and questionnaire, using SPSS software analysis, the paper analyzes the function of noticing in college English teaching from the point of morphological errors and concludes that ’Noticing’ does play a crucial role in the teaching of college English writing, which is in accordance with the Schmidt’s idea. It is believed that the conclusion of this study will have a certain degree of enlightenment to the foreign language teaching of writing.（Jin Jielan, The Function of “Noticing” in the Teaching of College English Writing: An Analysis of Morphological Errors, Journal of Xi’an University of Arts and Science, Vol. 12 No. 1, Feb. 2009）

Analysis:
In the above abstract, there are 162 words. It not only includes the purpose of the research (testifying Schmidt’s Noticing Hypothesis and validating the crucial role of noticing in language teaching, especially in college English writing), the method adopted (writing test, different classroom teaching methods, questionnaire and SPSS software analysis),the scope of research(from the point of morphological errors),but also introduces the result(“Noticing” does play a crucial role in the teaching of college English writing, which is in accordance with the Schmidt’s idea),and the conclusion(this study will have a certain degree of enlightenment to the foreign language teaching of writing).