摘要
The process movement is originally a reform effort in improving teaching composition to native English speaking students. It advocates an approach to composition teaching that emphasizes students' writing process rather than the product. Assuming that the ESL/EFL writing process is similar to that of the first language, early ESL process enthusiasts borrowed methods and techniques from the English composition class to be used in an ESL writing class that allow students ample time and freedom to write in the real sense. The process-oriented approach has also initiated a research effort in investigating the nature of ESL writing. Though still remaining the mainstream approach to ESL writing, the process approach does not provide solutions to all the issues in developing students' writing competence. However a systematic study of the process approach can throw light on our understanding of writing and help us seek a better and more balanced approach to teaching writing.
"过程运动"原本是英语作文教学中一次改革运动。一些把英语作为第二语言教学的教师和研究者认为,第一语言与第二语言的写作过程相近,主张将英语作为母语的作文教学的方法运用到英语作为第二语言的写作教学中。以过程为中心的写作教学也促进了对英语作为第二语言写作过程的研究。以过程为中心的作文教学仍是第二语言写作教学普遍认可的教学法,但它并没有解决发展学生写作能力的所有问题。对它深入研究有益于我们进一步探寻更为全面的作文教学方法。
