This study,drawing on the commonalities between generative artificial intelligence and foreign language writing instruction,outlines the core ideology of digital humanities-based college English writing instruction,in...This study,drawing on the commonalities between generative artificial intelligence and foreign language writing instruction,outlines the core ideology of digital humanities-based college English writing instruction,including auxiliary use of generative artificial intelligence tools,primary focus on humanistic education,and the re-production of knowledge,aiming to foster students’critical thinking,collaborative skills,and creativity.Building on this foundation,the study delves into generative artificial intelligence tools applicable to different stages of process-genre writing and their strategic applications.The use of generative artificial intelligence tools is beneficial for students to present,discuss,and share writing content,encouraging them to enhance their writing,collaboration,critical thinking,and creative abilities through deep interaction with model essays and creative discourses.展开更多
As the cross-cultural communication activities have become increasingly frequent,teaching of writing,one of cross-cultural communication activities,sets“developing students’cross-cultural awareness”as one of its go...As the cross-cultural communication activities have become increasingly frequent,teaching of writing,one of cross-cultural communication activities,sets“developing students’cross-cultural awareness”as one of its goals.However,traditional language teaching,which focuses on linguistic knowledge rather than cultural knowledge,results in the cultural barrier problems among students.This paper analyzes the manifestation of cultural barriers from the aspect of language and puts forward some corresponding approaches and methods.展开更多
English as an international language,English writing is a very important skill as an important form of language output,which is not only an important means of expressing emotions and awareness,but also reflects the ab...English as an international language,English writing is a very important skill as an important form of language output,which is not only an important means of expressing emotions and awareness,but also reflects the ability to use language in an integrated way.In language teaching,the development of English writing skills is an important and challenging teaching task.English writing language is expressed not only at the basic level of vocabulary,grammar,and sentence structure,but also at the higher-order level of text organization,logical reasoning,and argumentation.However,in traditional English writing teaching,students usually do not have the opportunity to have an in-depth experience of the context of the topic,which leads to a lack of motivation and poor writing results.Therefore,this study developed an SVVR learning system based on spherical video-based virtual reality(SVVR)technology and conducted a quasi-experiment in a university English major classroom.The results of the study showed that the SVVR-supported approach to English writing could improve students'writing performance,enrich writing content,and increase learning motivation.展开更多
This qualitative research study attempts to discover the real thinking process of learners who are native Chinese speakers in Academic English Writing(AEW)through interviews.Introspecting an EFL learner’s thinking pr...This qualitative research study attempts to discover the real thinking process of learners who are native Chinese speakers in Academic English Writing(AEW)through interviews.Introspecting an EFL learner’s thinking process in English writing is based on two theories:critical period hypothesis and translanguaging.The results of the study indicate that translanguaging has a positive impact on the English CET-4 writing of learners who lack proficiency in English.For those learners who lack proficiency in the second language,translanguaging is an effective auxiliary tool for them to complete AEW.展开更多
Based on research done in the United States,China and other countries on how to teach ELF writing,along with the teachers' experience to train students' aesthetic response, writing skills and critical thinking...Based on research done in the United States,China and other countries on how to teach ELF writing,along with the teachers' experience to train students' aesthetic response, writing skills and critical thinking, which is involved in combining course content, it is proved to be feasible to improve English writing ability among college students of a large class,and then the effective strategies in teaching English writing in a large class are summarized.展开更多
Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.W...Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.With the method of quantitative data,use and misuse frequency of cohesive devices in students’writings can be known.The paper will also analyze why misuses happen through qualitative data analysis and explore right ways of using cohesive devices.展开更多
This paper is designed to explore whether the theory of text linguistics,especially the knowledge of cohesion,coherence and cohesive devices could be applied in college English writing teaching to help improve student...This paper is designed to explore whether the theory of text linguistics,especially the knowledge of cohesion,coherence and cohesive devices could be applied in college English writing teaching to help improve students’writing abilities.Besides,the author puts forward some suggestions for both English teachers and learners.展开更多
The study constructed a multi-dimensional feedback mode integrating teacher feedback, peer feedback and network feedback, and applied it in the teaching of College English Writing. After 16 weeks of teaching, the stud...The study constructed a multi-dimensional feedback mode integrating teacher feedback, peer feedback and network feedback, and applied it in the teaching of College English Writing. After 16 weeks of teaching, the students in the multi-dimen-sional feedback class had significantly better overall writing scores than those in the teacher-feedback class. In terms of individual scores, multi-dimensional feedback played a better role in improving vocabulary and grammar than the class using teacher feed-back. However, there were no significant differences in the responses of writing tasks, coherence and cohesion. The study showed that most students were satisfied with the mode, believing that it was helpful to relieve writing anxiety, stimulate writing interest and improve their writing level.展开更多
Learning for using theories has been,to a great degree,acceptable over the last few decades.Learning through doing,through using the language,through performing real life or real-life-like tasks has come to its own im...Learning for using theories has been,to a great degree,acceptable over the last few decades.Learning through doing,through using the language,through performing real life or real-life-like tasks has come to its own important occasions to achieve EFL/ESL learners' communicative goals.展开更多
Based on an analysis of current English writing and teaching conditions in vocational institutes,it is proposed that the methods used to teach English writing should be changed to a process oriented approach.In the pl...Based on an analysis of current English writing and teaching conditions in vocational institutes,it is proposed that the methods used to teach English writing should be changed to a process oriented approach.In the planning,drafting,revising,and post-writing stages,students are fully involved in the process of monitoring their own and the written works of others through a series of cooperative activities among the students and guiding activities directed by the teacher.As a result,in the process of cooperative discussions aimed at identifying and resolving problems,their writing habits will be improved,their interest in English writing will be stimulated,and their research and writing skills will be further developed.展开更多
Many junior high school students have trouble in writing English composition, and this paper is primarily divided into three steps of pre-writing, while-writing and post-writing to answer the question: How to write a ...Many junior high school students have trouble in writing English composition, and this paper is primarily divided into three steps of pre-writing, while-writing and post-writing to answer the question: How to write a composition.展开更多
Business English,as a dependent discipline,has received great attention nowadays.To conduct researches on Business English teaching is quite essential,and it is of importance to design new teaching methods to improve ...Business English,as a dependent discipline,has received great attention nowadays.To conduct researches on Business English teaching is quite essential,and it is of importance to design new teaching methods to improve the quality of Business English classes.This thesis aims to design effective task-based activities which involve students in the building and creation of Business English classes.Through the task-based activities,students learn how to write business materials positively and actively.展开更多
Based on the investigation of freshmen’metacognitive knowledge of business English-majors in English writing,the results show that:(1)the metacognitive subject knowledge of business English freshmen is at the middle ...Based on the investigation of freshmen’metacognitive knowledge of business English-majors in English writing,the results show that:(1)the metacognitive subject knowledge of business English freshmen is at the middle level,the metacognitive task knowledge is at a high level,the strategy of seeking teachers'help is at a high level,and the use of other strategies is at a middle or lower level;(2)There is no significant differences between high and low group learners in their views on Chinese writing level and in their strategies of seeking help from classmates;(3)Multiple regression analysis shows that the main factors affecting English writing achievement are the views on writing standard,the utilization of strategies in writing process and strategies of seeking help from teachers.展开更多
It is widely acknowledged that writing not only has a significant role to play in English teaching,but also is an effective way to reflect students’English comprehensive ability.In recent years,more and more scholars...It is widely acknowledged that writing not only has a significant role to play in English teaching,but also is an effective way to reflect students’English comprehensive ability.In recent years,more and more scholars have been exploring various new teaching methods of writing.However,currently,there are still some problems existing in English writing teaching,and the teaching performance is not satisfactory.Therefore,it is urgent for teachers to find a new teaching method to improve this situation in the English writing teaching.In recent years,the studies on mind mapping have been conducted in many different areas.However,there are still few studies on mind mapping in English writing teaching.This study uses literature analysis,and comparative analysis to explore how to apply mind mapping to English writing teaching.The purpose of this study is to explore whether applying mind mapping to the English writing teaching is beneficial for improving students’English writing level,at the same time,to provide a feasible method to make the current situation of the English writing teaching improved and some useful suggestions for further teaching and research.展开更多
Blended learning based on information technology,emphasizes students’central position and teachers’leading role in teaching and learning.In view of this,the author attempts to apply the model to the instruction of t...Blended learning based on information technology,emphasizes students’central position and teachers’leading role in teaching and learning.In view of this,the author attempts to apply the model to the instruction of the course Business English Writing.In the instructional design,the author navigates students to enhance the input of sample texts on the basis of webbased autonomous learning and organizes cooperative learning so as to increase students’writing practice,thus improving their research ability and communicative skills.Consequently,the two major problems—deficiency in language input because of limited class hours and lack of interaction owing to the large size of classes can be effectively solved.展开更多
This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodolo...This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodology,which aims to figure out the contextual configuration and generic structural potential as well as the register of a specific genre and assist students to write arti-cles of the target genre through teaching procedures like deconstruction,joint construction,and independent construction.展开更多
Writer/reader(W/R) visibility is regarded as an important indicator of personal involvement. Previous studies concluded that EFL learners tend to contains more personal involvement than native speakers in their writin...Writer/reader(W/R) visibility is regarded as an important indicator of personal involvement. Previous studies concluded that EFL learners tend to contains more personal involvement than native speakers in their writing, making it resemble spoken language as a result. Therefore, this paper examines the degree of W/R visibility in English writing by university-level Chinese learners to verify the applicability of the previous findings on Chinese learners. Based on the data collected in the corpora CLEC,WECCL and LOCNESS, the results show that Chinese EFL learners have the tendency to employ more features of W/R visibility than native speakers, for example the high use of first or second person reference and words that represent mental process. Besides, the paper also reveals little distinction on W/R visibility between English and non-English majors, suggesting the inefficiency of the writing ability of today's English majors.展开更多
This article analyzes errors with regard to the types and causes of errors commonly committed by Chinese EFL(English as a foreign language)learners.It covers the concepts and theories concerning error analysis,synthes...This article analyzes errors with regard to the types and causes of errors commonly committed by Chinese EFL(English as a foreign language)learners.It covers the concepts and theories concerning error analysis,synthesizes previous research,as well as identifies the flaws and gaps found in those literatures.This article provides several teaching suggestions based on previous analyses,which have found that the misuse of verbs and articles are the most common errors in English writing among Chinese students.Based on this,most studies attributed those errors to the negative transfer of Chinese due to the thought patterns and disparities between Chinese and English.展开更多
This paper describes how the PBL approach is integrated into English writing courses in colleges and focuses on the process of designing and implementing a writing project via PBL.This allows for the promotion of inno...This paper describes how the PBL approach is integrated into English writing courses in colleges and focuses on the process of designing and implementing a writing project via PBL.This allows for the promotion of innovation in the English writing curriculum as well as the active participation among college students,thereby strengthening the cultivation of students’self-learning ability and improving their ability to apply knowledge flexibly in real-life settings.展开更多
The combination of production-oriented approach(POA)and modern computer technology makes English learning and teaching more convenient and efficient.This research combines the computer-assisted language learning(CALL)...The combination of production-oriented approach(POA)and modern computer technology makes English learning and teaching more convenient and efficient.This research combines the computer-assisted language learning(CALL)mode with POA to form the online and offline hybrid teaching mode,aiming to provide a reference for English teachers.展开更多
文摘This study,drawing on the commonalities between generative artificial intelligence and foreign language writing instruction,outlines the core ideology of digital humanities-based college English writing instruction,including auxiliary use of generative artificial intelligence tools,primary focus on humanistic education,and the re-production of knowledge,aiming to foster students’critical thinking,collaborative skills,and creativity.Building on this foundation,the study delves into generative artificial intelligence tools applicable to different stages of process-genre writing and their strategic applications.The use of generative artificial intelligence tools is beneficial for students to present,discuss,and share writing content,encouraging them to enhance their writing,collaboration,critical thinking,and creative abilities through deep interaction with model essays and creative discourses.
文摘As the cross-cultural communication activities have become increasingly frequent,teaching of writing,one of cross-cultural communication activities,sets“developing students’cross-cultural awareness”as one of its goals.However,traditional language teaching,which focuses on linguistic knowledge rather than cultural knowledge,results in the cultural barrier problems among students.This paper analyzes the manifestation of cultural barriers from the aspect of language and puts forward some corresponding approaches and methods.
文摘English as an international language,English writing is a very important skill as an important form of language output,which is not only an important means of expressing emotions and awareness,but also reflects the ability to use language in an integrated way.In language teaching,the development of English writing skills is an important and challenging teaching task.English writing language is expressed not only at the basic level of vocabulary,grammar,and sentence structure,but also at the higher-order level of text organization,logical reasoning,and argumentation.However,in traditional English writing teaching,students usually do not have the opportunity to have an in-depth experience of the context of the topic,which leads to a lack of motivation and poor writing results.Therefore,this study developed an SVVR learning system based on spherical video-based virtual reality(SVVR)technology and conducted a quasi-experiment in a university English major classroom.The results of the study showed that the SVVR-supported approach to English writing could improve students'writing performance,enrich writing content,and increase learning motivation.
文摘This qualitative research study attempts to discover the real thinking process of learners who are native Chinese speakers in Academic English Writing(AEW)through interviews.Introspecting an EFL learner’s thinking process in English writing is based on two theories:critical period hypothesis and translanguaging.The results of the study indicate that translanguaging has a positive impact on the English CET-4 writing of learners who lack proficiency in English.For those learners who lack proficiency in the second language,translanguaging is an effective auxiliary tool for them to complete AEW.
文摘Based on research done in the United States,China and other countries on how to teach ELF writing,along with the teachers' experience to train students' aesthetic response, writing skills and critical thinking, which is involved in combining course content, it is proved to be feasible to improve English writing ability among college students of a large class,and then the effective strategies in teaching English writing in a large class are summarized.
文摘Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.With the method of quantitative data,use and misuse frequency of cohesive devices in students’writings can be known.The paper will also analyze why misuses happen through qualitative data analysis and explore right ways of using cohesive devices.
文摘This paper is designed to explore whether the theory of text linguistics,especially the knowledge of cohesion,coherence and cohesive devices could be applied in college English writing teaching to help improve students’writing abilities.Besides,the author puts forward some suggestions for both English teachers and learners.
文摘The study constructed a multi-dimensional feedback mode integrating teacher feedback, peer feedback and network feedback, and applied it in the teaching of College English Writing. After 16 weeks of teaching, the students in the multi-dimen-sional feedback class had significantly better overall writing scores than those in the teacher-feedback class. In terms of individual scores, multi-dimensional feedback played a better role in improving vocabulary and grammar than the class using teacher feed-back. However, there were no significant differences in the responses of writing tasks, coherence and cohesion. The study showed that most students were satisfied with the mode, believing that it was helpful to relieve writing anxiety, stimulate writing interest and improve their writing level.
文摘Learning for using theories has been,to a great degree,acceptable over the last few decades.Learning through doing,through using the language,through performing real life or real-life-like tasks has come to its own important occasions to achieve EFL/ESL learners' communicative goals.
文摘Based on an analysis of current English writing and teaching conditions in vocational institutes,it is proposed that the methods used to teach English writing should be changed to a process oriented approach.In the planning,drafting,revising,and post-writing stages,students are fully involved in the process of monitoring their own and the written works of others through a series of cooperative activities among the students and guiding activities directed by the teacher.As a result,in the process of cooperative discussions aimed at identifying and resolving problems,their writing habits will be improved,their interest in English writing will be stimulated,and their research and writing skills will be further developed.
文摘Many junior high school students have trouble in writing English composition, and this paper is primarily divided into three steps of pre-writing, while-writing and post-writing to answer the question: How to write a composition.
文摘Business English,as a dependent discipline,has received great attention nowadays.To conduct researches on Business English teaching is quite essential,and it is of importance to design new teaching methods to improve the quality of Business English classes.This thesis aims to design effective task-based activities which involve students in the building and creation of Business English classes.Through the task-based activities,students learn how to write business materials positively and actively.
文摘Based on the investigation of freshmen’metacognitive knowledge of business English-majors in English writing,the results show that:(1)the metacognitive subject knowledge of business English freshmen is at the middle level,the metacognitive task knowledge is at a high level,the strategy of seeking teachers'help is at a high level,and the use of other strategies is at a middle or lower level;(2)There is no significant differences between high and low group learners in their views on Chinese writing level and in their strategies of seeking help from classmates;(3)Multiple regression analysis shows that the main factors affecting English writing achievement are the views on writing standard,the utilization of strategies in writing process and strategies of seeking help from teachers.
文摘It is widely acknowledged that writing not only has a significant role to play in English teaching,but also is an effective way to reflect students’English comprehensive ability.In recent years,more and more scholars have been exploring various new teaching methods of writing.However,currently,there are still some problems existing in English writing teaching,and the teaching performance is not satisfactory.Therefore,it is urgent for teachers to find a new teaching method to improve this situation in the English writing teaching.In recent years,the studies on mind mapping have been conducted in many different areas.However,there are still few studies on mind mapping in English writing teaching.This study uses literature analysis,and comparative analysis to explore how to apply mind mapping to English writing teaching.The purpose of this study is to explore whether applying mind mapping to the English writing teaching is beneficial for improving students’English writing level,at the same time,to provide a feasible method to make the current situation of the English writing teaching improved and some useful suggestions for further teaching and research.
文摘Blended learning based on information technology,emphasizes students’central position and teachers’leading role in teaching and learning.In view of this,the author attempts to apply the model to the instruction of the course Business English Writing.In the instructional design,the author navigates students to enhance the input of sample texts on the basis of webbased autonomous learning and organizes cooperative learning so as to increase students’writing practice,thus improving their research ability and communicative skills.Consequently,the two major problems—deficiency in language input because of limited class hours and lack of interaction owing to the large size of classes can be effectively solved.
文摘This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodology,which aims to figure out the contextual configuration and generic structural potential as well as the register of a specific genre and assist students to write arti-cles of the target genre through teaching procedures like deconstruction,joint construction,and independent construction.
文摘Writer/reader(W/R) visibility is regarded as an important indicator of personal involvement. Previous studies concluded that EFL learners tend to contains more personal involvement than native speakers in their writing, making it resemble spoken language as a result. Therefore, this paper examines the degree of W/R visibility in English writing by university-level Chinese learners to verify the applicability of the previous findings on Chinese learners. Based on the data collected in the corpora CLEC,WECCL and LOCNESS, the results show that Chinese EFL learners have the tendency to employ more features of W/R visibility than native speakers, for example the high use of first or second person reference and words that represent mental process. Besides, the paper also reveals little distinction on W/R visibility between English and non-English majors, suggesting the inefficiency of the writing ability of today's English majors.
文摘This article analyzes errors with regard to the types and causes of errors commonly committed by Chinese EFL(English as a foreign language)learners.It covers the concepts and theories concerning error analysis,synthesizes previous research,as well as identifies the flaws and gaps found in those literatures.This article provides several teaching suggestions based on previous analyses,which have found that the misuse of verbs and articles are the most common errors in English writing among Chinese students.Based on this,most studies attributed those errors to the negative transfer of Chinese due to the thought patterns and disparities between Chinese and English.
基金Higher Education Teaching Reform Project of Zhaoqing University“Innovation of English Writing Course for English Majors”(Project Number:zlgc201941).
文摘This paper describes how the PBL approach is integrated into English writing courses in colleges and focuses on the process of designing and implementing a writing project via PBL.This allows for the promotion of innovation in the English writing curriculum as well as the active participation among college students,thereby strengthening the cultivation of students’self-learning ability and improving their ability to apply knowledge flexibly in real-life settings.
文摘The combination of production-oriented approach(POA)and modern computer technology makes English learning and teaching more convenient and efficient.This research combines the computer-assisted language learning(CALL)mode with POA to form the online and offline hybrid teaching mode,aiming to provide a reference for English teachers.