One of the difficulties that students often encounter in writing is how to get started. Students often feel puzzled about how to generate good ideas on an essay topic. This paper explores several pre-writing activitie...One of the difficulties that students often encounter in writing is how to get started. Students often feel puzzled about how to generate good ideas on an essay topic. This paper explores several pre-writing activities as a solution to such a problem. Compared with the traditional teaching pattern, these effective ways have the following advantages: (1) They help students stimulate thoughts for getting started and make writing easier; (2) They help students remove the mental block and distraction that prevent ideas from coming out; (3) They help students write in a more motivating and stimulating way instead of pondering over an essay topic alone; (4) They help create a cooperative and enjoyable atmosphere in the writing class.展开更多
文摘One of the difficulties that students often encounter in writing is how to get started. Students often feel puzzled about how to generate good ideas on an essay topic. This paper explores several pre-writing activities as a solution to such a problem. Compared with the traditional teaching pattern, these effective ways have the following advantages: (1) They help students stimulate thoughts for getting started and make writing easier; (2) They help students remove the mental block and distraction that prevent ideas from coming out; (3) They help students write in a more motivating and stimulating way instead of pondering over an essay topic alone; (4) They help create a cooperative and enjoyable atmosphere in the writing class.