Currently,English writing is still an important and challenging course for most students in English.In China,the effect of Product-oriented approaches is dominated.Such practice seems to have ignored cognitive factors...Currently,English writing is still an important and challenging course for most students in English.In China,the effect of Product-oriented approaches is dominated.Such practice seems to have ignored cognitive factors of writing process.So it is necessary to choose some new ways to perfect our English writing teaching.In this paper the application of a new approach——process-oriented approach will be discussed.By using this approach,the students can develop some behaviors such as composing,brainstorming,drafting,and revising.展开更多
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
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
The previous studies show that the major problems faced by the students in writing can be classified into two categories, that is, they don't know"what to write"and"how to write". The researche...The previous studies show that the major problems faced by the students in writing can be classified into two categories, that is, they don't know"what to write"and"how to write". The researchers found that the specific problems existing in their writings are identified as poor content, incomplete generic structure and misuse of cohesive devices. Therefore, on the basis of the previous studies, this study attempts to use Martin's genre theory to resolve the existed problems of the Professional College English major's students in writing and enhance students' discourse writing ability. Meanwhile, this study tries to answer the following questions:(1) Compared with the traditional writing teaching methods, whether the genre-based writing method has a significant effect to improve students' writing skills;(2) Whether the genre-based writing method is possible to increase students' interest in writing. The experimental result and the questionnaire show that genre-based approach in ESL writing teaching really can improve students' writing achievement and enhance students' interest in English writing.展开更多
Recently,there has been growing attention on English teaching and learning in China.Writing plays a large part in theimprovement of English learning.Raimes(1983:6)suggests that a variety of approaches to the teaching ...Recently,there has been growing attention on English teaching and learning in China.Writing plays a large part in theimprovement of English learning.Raimes(1983:6)suggests that a variety of approaches to the teaching of writing have been devel-oped in accordance with how teachers think writing is learned.Although,Badger and White(2000)claims that product,process,and genre approaches to writing haves their strengths and weaknesses and the three approaches are complementary.Consideringthe specific situation of English writing teaching and learning in China,the employment of process approach into senior Englishcourse book design will be appropriate for development of high school students’writing.High school students in China rely a lot onteachers’guidance and treat writing as a task in isolation.Process approach,which concerns more of how ideas are developed dur-ing process of writing,is beneficial for students in terms of fostering independent thinking ability and making full use of writing as avaluable learning tool.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
Teachers are supposed to apply the Genre-Based Approach(GBA)to teach academic writing in the Foundation Year Program(FYP)in the colleges of technology.However,students in these colleges find it difficult to produce a ...Teachers are supposed to apply the Genre-Based Approach(GBA)to teach academic writing in the Foundation Year Program(FYP)in the colleges of technology.However,students in these colleges find it difficult to produce a formal piece of academic work(Al-Husseini,2004).Students seem to face lot of writing problems and so the author conducted this study to have a better understanding of what is happening.He carried a questionnaire study to reveal the causes of difficulties in academic writing.The author restricted his focus on research to lack of practice in applying these skills in students’writing as that is more relevant in the technical colleges’context.The study proved that the absence of practicing learning and teaching academic writing due to the insufficient use of the GBA,partly discourage the adequate mastering of these skills.Following the GBA to tackle such problem might be useful.As a consequence,the author considers this research study’s results as an additional evidence for the value of the GBA in developing the learning and teaching of academic writing skills to FYP Omani students in the technical colleges.展开更多
The present study aimed at examining the effectiveness of the teacher's guidance to collaborative writing in non-English major class.Subjects were 150 Chinese freshmen from two natural classes which served as an e...The present study aimed at examining the effectiveness of the teacher's guidance to collaborative writing in non-English major class.Subjects were 150 Chinese freshmen from two natural classes which served as an experimental class(88 students) and a control class(62 students) at a normal college.Data of the present study was collected from two questionnaires,two CET-4 writing tests,students' written comments on collaborative writing in the post-questionnaire.Data were analyzed by SPSS(Statistics Package for Social Science) 11.5 in which CET holistic grading was used to analyze students' writing performance of pre-test,post-test.Statistic results indicated that the teacher's guidance to collaborative writing does influence students' writing performance.In addition,qualitative analysis showed that students in the two classes had their respectively positive perceptions towards collaborative writing with different guidance of the same teacher.展开更多
The theory of Task-based Approach(TBA), an influential language teaching and learning theory, was put forward by lan-guage teaching scholars and the second language acquisition researchers based on long-period study a...The theory of Task-based Approach(TBA), an influential language teaching and learning theory, was put forward by lan-guage teaching scholars and the second language acquisition researchers based on long-period study and practice. They contendthat it is important and useful to make full use of tasks in the classroom. The argument mentioned as above has had a great impacton the means of English teaching and studying in language learning. Nowadays, teaching English writing is becoming more andmore important, but there are many problems existing in English writing teaching in Chinese junior middle school. How to improvethe quality of English writing teaching and students' writing ability has become a focus in our education. In this study, TBA wastentatively applied in writing teaching as a way to help to improve the English writing teaching and students' writing ability.Task-based approach; task; English writing展开更多
How can teachers teach English writing effectively? And how can students learn to write essays correctly? These seem to be two puzzling problems for Chinese teachers and learners.This paper aims to introduce a new tea...How can teachers teach English writing effectively? And how can students learn to write essays correctly? These seem to be two puzzling problems for Chinese teachers and learners.This paper aims to introduce a new teaching approach:the Length Approach,and discusses its merits.展开更多
文摘Currently,English writing is still an important and challenging course for most students in English.In China,the effect of Product-oriented approaches is dominated.Such practice seems to have ignored cognitive factors of writing process.So it is necessary to choose some new ways to perfect our English writing teaching.In this paper the application of a new approach——process-oriented approach will be discussed.By using this approach,the students can develop some behaviors such as composing,brainstorming,drafting,and revising.
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The previous studies show that the major problems faced by the students in writing can be classified into two categories, that is, they don't know"what to write"and"how to write". The researchers found that the specific problems existing in their writings are identified as poor content, incomplete generic structure and misuse of cohesive devices. Therefore, on the basis of the previous studies, this study attempts to use Martin's genre theory to resolve the existed problems of the Professional College English major's students in writing and enhance students' discourse writing ability. Meanwhile, this study tries to answer the following questions:(1) Compared with the traditional writing teaching methods, whether the genre-based writing method has a significant effect to improve students' writing skills;(2) Whether the genre-based writing method is possible to increase students' interest in writing. The experimental result and the questionnaire show that genre-based approach in ESL writing teaching really can improve students' writing achievement and enhance students' interest in English writing.
文摘Recently,there has been growing attention on English teaching and learning in China.Writing plays a large part in theimprovement of English learning.Raimes(1983:6)suggests that a variety of approaches to the teaching of writing have been devel-oped in accordance with how teachers think writing is learned.Although,Badger and White(2000)claims that product,process,and genre approaches to writing haves their strengths and weaknesses and the three approaches are complementary.Consideringthe specific situation of English writing teaching and learning in China,the employment of process approach into senior Englishcourse book design will be appropriate for development of high school students’writing.High school students in China rely a lot onteachers’guidance and treat writing as a task in isolation.Process approach,which concerns more of how ideas are developed dur-ing process of writing,is beneficial for students in terms of fostering independent thinking ability and making full use of writing as avaluable learning tool.
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Teachers are supposed to apply the Genre-Based Approach(GBA)to teach academic writing in the Foundation Year Program(FYP)in the colleges of technology.However,students in these colleges find it difficult to produce a formal piece of academic work(Al-Husseini,2004).Students seem to face lot of writing problems and so the author conducted this study to have a better understanding of what is happening.He carried a questionnaire study to reveal the causes of difficulties in academic writing.The author restricted his focus on research to lack of practice in applying these skills in students’writing as that is more relevant in the technical colleges’context.The study proved that the absence of practicing learning and teaching academic writing due to the insufficient use of the GBA,partly discourage the adequate mastering of these skills.Following the GBA to tackle such problem might be useful.As a consequence,the author considers this research study’s results as an additional evidence for the value of the GBA in developing the learning and teaching of academic writing skills to FYP Omani students in the technical colleges.
文摘The present study aimed at examining the effectiveness of the teacher's guidance to collaborative writing in non-English major class.Subjects were 150 Chinese freshmen from two natural classes which served as an experimental class(88 students) and a control class(62 students) at a normal college.Data of the present study was collected from two questionnaires,two CET-4 writing tests,students' written comments on collaborative writing in the post-questionnaire.Data were analyzed by SPSS(Statistics Package for Social Science) 11.5 in which CET holistic grading was used to analyze students' writing performance of pre-test,post-test.Statistic results indicated that the teacher's guidance to collaborative writing does influence students' writing performance.In addition,qualitative analysis showed that students in the two classes had their respectively positive perceptions towards collaborative writing with different guidance of the same teacher.
文摘The theory of Task-based Approach(TBA), an influential language teaching and learning theory, was put forward by lan-guage teaching scholars and the second language acquisition researchers based on long-period study and practice. They contendthat it is important and useful to make full use of tasks in the classroom. The argument mentioned as above has had a great impacton the means of English teaching and studying in language learning. Nowadays, teaching English writing is becoming more andmore important, but there are many problems existing in English writing teaching in Chinese junior middle school. How to improvethe quality of English writing teaching and students' writing ability has become a focus in our education. In this study, TBA wastentatively applied in writing teaching as a way to help to improve the English writing teaching and students' writing ability.Task-based approach; task; English writing
文摘How can teachers teach English writing effectively? And how can students learn to write essays correctly? These seem to be two puzzling problems for Chinese teachers and learners.This paper aims to introduce a new teaching approach:the Length Approach,and discusses its merits.