摘要
This paper aims at discovering what among communicativeability, linguistic ability and writing strategy most affectsEnglish writing ability of non-English majors at China’s colleges.Through the analysis of communicative proficiencies andlinguistic proficiencies of four subjects obtained from theircompositions, it is found out that neither their communicativeability nor their linguistic ability is the key factor. Thus theauthor concludes that writing strategy may be crucial to Englishwriting. The preliminary conclusion is further confirmed withquestionnaires.
This paper aims at discovering what among communicative ability, linguistic ability and writing strategy most affects English writing ability of non-English majors at China's colleges. Through the analysis of communicative proficiencies and linguistic proficiencies of four subjects obtained from their compositions, it is found out that neither their communicative ability nor their linguistic ability is the key factor. Thus the author concludes that writing strategy may be crucial to English writing. The preliminary conclusion is further confirmed with questionnaires.
