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
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
Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing s...Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing strategies and their writing efficacy were respectively administered. Metacognitive writing strategy intervention was conducted The findings are further discussed with regard to the participants' specific learning context, and pedagogical implications derived from the research highlight the importance of integrating metacognitive writing strategy instruction into regular classroom teaching.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
This study investigated the effect of explicit instruction about DCs in argumentative writings by 15 Chinese learners of English. This study involved in a 4-week experiment. Pre-and post-writing tests were quantitativ...This study investigated the effect of explicit instruction about DCs in argumentative writings by 15 Chinese learners of English. This study involved in a 4-week experiment. Pre-and post-writing tests were quantitatively analyzed to examine whether the explicit instruction about DCs had a significant effect on the students'argumentative writing. The findings revealed that the ex-plicit instruction of the target DCs facilitated the improvement of the participants in their argumentative writing .展开更多
English writing is gaining high attention and emphasis in our college syllabus. It is a complicated process of written communication. In the process, the four basic skills—speaking, reading, listening and writing are...English writing is gaining high attention and emphasis in our college syllabus. It is a complicated process of written communication. In the process, the four basic skills—speaking, reading, listening and writing are organically integrated together. This paper is about the process-based approach in English writing class and its aim to emphasize the importance of process-based approach to writing. There are four parts in this paper. I start with a brief introduction to the importance of writing. Next, I will introduce my practice in English writing class. Then I will comment on the process approach and then make a little revision.展开更多
WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to th...WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to the professional writers' choices concerning organization, development, style, and diction, teachers explicitly guide learners to observe, analyze, study, apperceive, so as to learn about their writing thinking and strategies. By designing a variety of reading-to-write tasks, teachers endeavour to activate learners' writing thinking developed in writing-oriented reading activities to have such writing thinking fixed in mind and internalized. The WORI also fosters English learners' autonomy of sustaining development in reading, writing, as well as their English learning.展开更多
The paper mainly focuses on peer feedback--one specific approach to teach writing. After analyzing the current practice in English writing instruction in Chinese tertiary institutions and reviewing YANG, Badger and YU...The paper mainly focuses on peer feedback--one specific approach to teach writing. After analyzing the current practice in English writing instruction in Chinese tertiary institutions and reviewing YANG, Badger and YU's (2006) empirical research study, the author evaluates the suitability of peer feedback approach in a Chinese college context. Hopes that it may offer and challenges which might be faced, are discussed as well.展开更多
This study aims to investigate the relationship between English Writing achievement and scaffolding instruction with 100 Students from Zuoyun high school as subjects in a quantitative method.Results show that:1)On the...This study aims to investigate the relationship between English Writing achievement and scaffolding instruction with 100 Students from Zuoyun high school as subjects in a quantitative method.Results show that:1)On the whole,high school students have good use of scaffolding in English writing.2)The application of scaffolding instruction in high school English writing teaching has a significant positive correlation with English writing performance.3)On the whole,there is a significant difference in the application of the scaffolds in English writing between high and low-score group students.展开更多
English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these diffe...English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these differences that Chinese teachers can draw inspirations for improving English writing instruction and students' writing ability.展开更多
The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highli...The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.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
Flipped classroom has become a topic of interest in education.The question of whether high school English writing instruction can be integrated with flipped classroom is of utmost concern.In consideration of the chara...Flipped classroom has become a topic of interest in education.The question of whether high school English writing instruction can be integrated with flipped classroom is of utmost concern.In consideration of the characteristics of both elements based on the constructivist theory,and the integration of language knowledge,background knowledge,as well as discourse knowledge into English writing instruction,this study designs a high school English writing instruction model based on flipped classroom.Both the flipped classroom and English writing instruction focus on constructing meaning in learning,thus providing a flipped classroom model for English writing instruction in high schools.展开更多
It is noticeable that the academic papers written by Chinese English learners are lacking in academic features largely due to their poor ability to use nominalization.Therefore,the instruction of nominalization in an ...It is noticeable that the academic papers written by Chinese English learners are lacking in academic features largely due to their poor ability to use nominalization.Therefore,the instruction of nominalization in an academic English writing course is badly needed.The author conducted onesemester-long instruction of nominalization to 90 non-English majors under the guidance of the production-oriented approach(POA).This research demonstrated how to apply POA,specifically,the enabling procedure to the teaching of nominalization.By triangulating the data of students’interviews,learning journals and written output,and the data of 4 teachers’class observations and interviews,this study found that the accurate application of the three criteria of effective enabling contributed to the improvement of the quantity and quality of nominalization in academic writing.展开更多
In a view of the current problems of English teaching in junior high schools, this paper introduces MAI (Multimedia Assisted Instruction) of English teaching and explores the functions of MAI. Through actual using M...In a view of the current problems of English teaching in junior high schools, this paper introduces MAI (Multimedia Assisted Instruction) of English teaching and explores the functions of MAI. Through actual using MAI in the teaching of listening and speaking, reading and writing classes in the junior high schools, it is concluded that application of MAI is not only feasible but also effective.展开更多
Writer identity in academic writing has long been ignored by developing L2 writers.Moreover,research has much focused on the reader in shaping writing,and treated the role of the writer as unproblematic.In this essay,...Writer identity in academic writing has long been ignored by developing L2 writers.Moreover,research has much focused on the reader in shaping writing,and treated the role of the writer as unproblematic.In this essay,the construction of writer identity in developing writers’academic writing practice will be explored through a review of some relevant literature research and gain insights for the development of writer apprentices and writing instruction.展开更多
It is acknowledged that teachers' instruction and guidance play an important role in students' improvements of schooling. A number of teachers, however, regard effectively responding to students' papers as...It is acknowledged that teachers' instruction and guidance play an important role in students' improvements of schooling. A number of teachers, however, regard effectively responding to students' papers as a touchy issue. In order to address this problem, this essay will review some of the major studies on teachers' response to students' writing in a historical way and, from these studies, some beneficial methods will be suggested, such as a process approach, collaborative ways of writing and motivational techniques.展开更多
Automated Writing Evaluation(AWE) program is designed to provide instant scores based on automated writing scoring engine along with diagnostic feedback. Five main AWE programs are introduced, four invented by foreign...Automated Writing Evaluation(AWE) program is designed to provide instant scores based on automated writing scoring engine along with diagnostic feedback. Five main AWE programs are introduced, four invented by foreign companies and one by Chinese native company for Chinese students. This paper reviews studies on AWE home and abroad from perspectives of its validity and instructional application. These studies have shown that AWE program should be used as an instructional tool to improve writing skill rather than only as a scoring and feedback engine. So how to implement and integrate AWE program into instructional context and to achieve more desirable learning outcomes while avoiding potential harms should be the focus of study for the future research.展开更多
The requirements of "Curriculum standards" for high school students to write have greatly improved than ever. Thus,in high school,teachers should seriously study teaching materials and "curriculum stand...The requirements of "Curriculum standards" for high school students to write have greatly improved than ever. Thus,in high school,teachers should seriously study teaching materials and "curriculum standards" and pay attention to the importance of English writing instruction,guide and organize students to do English writing to train and improve students' writing skills and to improve their writing instruction effectiveness.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Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing strategies and their writing efficacy were respectively administered. Metacognitive writing strategy intervention was conducted The findings are further discussed with regard to the participants' specific learning context, and pedagogical implications derived from the research highlight the importance of integrating metacognitive writing strategy instruction into regular classroom teaching.
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This study investigated the effect of explicit instruction about DCs in argumentative writings by 15 Chinese learners of English. This study involved in a 4-week experiment. Pre-and post-writing tests were quantitatively analyzed to examine whether the explicit instruction about DCs had a significant effect on the students'argumentative writing. The findings revealed that the ex-plicit instruction of the target DCs facilitated the improvement of the participants in their argumentative writing .
文摘English writing is gaining high attention and emphasis in our college syllabus. It is a complicated process of written communication. In the process, the four basic skills—speaking, reading, listening and writing are organically integrated together. This paper is about the process-based approach in English writing class and its aim to emphasize the importance of process-based approach to writing. There are four parts in this paper. I start with a brief introduction to the importance of writing. Next, I will introduce my practice in English writing class. Then I will comment on the process approach and then make a little revision.
文摘WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to the professional writers' choices concerning organization, development, style, and diction, teachers explicitly guide learners to observe, analyze, study, apperceive, so as to learn about their writing thinking and strategies. By designing a variety of reading-to-write tasks, teachers endeavour to activate learners' writing thinking developed in writing-oriented reading activities to have such writing thinking fixed in mind and internalized. The WORI also fosters English learners' autonomy of sustaining development in reading, writing, as well as their English learning.
文摘The paper mainly focuses on peer feedback--one specific approach to teach writing. After analyzing the current practice in English writing instruction in Chinese tertiary institutions and reviewing YANG, Badger and YU's (2006) empirical research study, the author evaluates the suitability of peer feedback approach in a Chinese college context. Hopes that it may offer and challenges which might be faced, are discussed as well.
文摘This study aims to investigate the relationship between English Writing achievement and scaffolding instruction with 100 Students from Zuoyun high school as subjects in a quantitative method.Results show that:1)On the whole,high school students have good use of scaffolding in English writing.2)The application of scaffolding instruction in high school English writing teaching has a significant positive correlation with English writing performance.3)On the whole,there is a significant difference in the application of the scaffolds in English writing between high and low-score group students.
文摘English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these differences that Chinese teachers can draw inspirations for improving English writing instruction and students' writing ability.
文摘The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.
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Flipped classroom has become a topic of interest in education.The question of whether high school English writing instruction can be integrated with flipped classroom is of utmost concern.In consideration of the characteristics of both elements based on the constructivist theory,and the integration of language knowledge,background knowledge,as well as discourse knowledge into English writing instruction,this study designs a high school English writing instruction model based on flipped classroom.Both the flipped classroom and English writing instruction focus on constructing meaning in learning,thus providing a flipped classroom model for English writing instruction in high schools.
文摘It is noticeable that the academic papers written by Chinese English learners are lacking in academic features largely due to their poor ability to use nominalization.Therefore,the instruction of nominalization in an academic English writing course is badly needed.The author conducted onesemester-long instruction of nominalization to 90 non-English majors under the guidance of the production-oriented approach(POA).This research demonstrated how to apply POA,specifically,the enabling procedure to the teaching of nominalization.By triangulating the data of students’interviews,learning journals and written output,and the data of 4 teachers’class observations and interviews,this study found that the accurate application of the three criteria of effective enabling contributed to the improvement of the quantity and quality of nominalization in academic writing.
文摘In a view of the current problems of English teaching in junior high schools, this paper introduces MAI (Multimedia Assisted Instruction) of English teaching and explores the functions of MAI. Through actual using MAI in the teaching of listening and speaking, reading and writing classes in the junior high schools, it is concluded that application of MAI is not only feasible but also effective.
文摘Writer identity in academic writing has long been ignored by developing L2 writers.Moreover,research has much focused on the reader in shaping writing,and treated the role of the writer as unproblematic.In this essay,the construction of writer identity in developing writers’academic writing practice will be explored through a review of some relevant literature research and gain insights for the development of writer apprentices and writing instruction.
文摘It is acknowledged that teachers' instruction and guidance play an important role in students' improvements of schooling. A number of teachers, however, regard effectively responding to students' papers as a touchy issue. In order to address this problem, this essay will review some of the major studies on teachers' response to students' writing in a historical way and, from these studies, some beneficial methods will be suggested, such as a process approach, collaborative ways of writing and motivational techniques.
文摘Automated Writing Evaluation(AWE) program is designed to provide instant scores based on automated writing scoring engine along with diagnostic feedback. Five main AWE programs are introduced, four invented by foreign companies and one by Chinese native company for Chinese students. This paper reviews studies on AWE home and abroad from perspectives of its validity and instructional application. These studies have shown that AWE program should be used as an instructional tool to improve writing skill rather than only as a scoring and feedback engine. So how to implement and integrate AWE program into instructional context and to achieve more desirable learning outcomes while avoiding potential harms should be the focus of study for the future research.
文摘The requirements of "Curriculum standards" for high school students to write have greatly improved than ever. Thus,in high school,teachers should seriously study teaching materials and "curriculum standards" and pay attention to the importance of English writing instruction,guide and organize students to do English writing to train and improve students' writing skills and to improve their writing instruction effectiveness.