Among the four language skills,writing is the most clifficult to master.For second language(L2)learners,learning to write well presents the greatest challenge.It is even harder.As an L2 learnerand teacher,I have on on...Among the four language skills,writing is the most clifficult to master.For second language(L2)learners,learning to write well presents the greatest challenge.It is even harder.As an L2 learnerand teacher,I have on one hand experienced such difficulties in English writing as misspelling,grammatical errors,illogical organisation,a lack of vocabulary and sentence variety and a lack ofcohesion and focus.On the other hand,many similarities between Chinese and English writingtechniques are found in both classical and modern Chinese literature,writing modes and methodology.Both Chinese and English use writing techniques like comparison-contrast,cause-effect,illustration,description,narration,analogy,pun,irony,euphemism,parallelism and onomatopoeia.In展开更多
文摘Among the four language skills,writing is the most clifficult to master.For second language(L2)learners,learning to write well presents the greatest challenge.It is even harder.As an L2 learnerand teacher,I have on one hand experienced such difficulties in English writing as misspelling,grammatical errors,illogical organisation,a lack of vocabulary and sentence variety and a lack ofcohesion and focus.On the other hand,many similarities between Chinese and English writingtechniques are found in both classical and modern Chinese literature,writing modes and methodology.Both Chinese and English use writing techniques like comparison-contrast,cause-effect,illustration,description,narration,analogy,pun,irony,euphemism,parallelism and onomatopoeia.In
