Validity Study on the Test Paper of the Academic English Reading and Writing Course

The aim of this study is to conduct the validity analysis of the test paper of the academic English reading and writing course referring to the freshmen of non-English majors in a university of Technology in Shanghai.The validity is mainly analyzed from these three aspects:the content and construct validity,the reaction process,and the internal structure of the test paper.And the principles of language assessment in the design of the test paper are given in this study.The validity study was also conducted in a class with 42 freshmen,and the scores of them were analyzed through the internal correlation coefficient from Statistic Package for Social Science(SPSS)25.0.Finally,the validity of the test paper is concluded.

The Practice of ＂Flipped classroom＂ in the Reading and Writing Course of College English

The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In order to cope with this problem, ＂flipped classroom＂has many advantages. By Giving definitions to the ＂flipped classroom＂, this dissertation analyzed the differences between the regular class and the ＂flipped classroom＂ and carried out a new way to improve the reading and writing course： we can take advantage of multimedia and new internet technology.

An Analysis of the Research Trends in Blended Learning Methods in Teaching College English Reading Courses

Curtis J.Bonk defined blended learning as a combination of face-to-face and computer-assisted online learning instruction since it was gradually formed after the emergence of the Internet[1,2].Breen pointed out that blended learning is a learning method that combines online and offline learning activities and resources[3].The blended learning approach is popular in school and e-learning.Moreover,it is one of the important trends in promoting higher education reform in the coming years.Therefore,it has attracted the attention of international researchers[4].In this paper,42 articles in Scopus(established by international institutions)and 30 articles in CNKI(found by Chinese mainland institutions)on the query of“college English reading blended learning”in the field of education were analyzed.Furthermore,CiteSpace software was used to analyze the research hotspots and trends with the keyword clusters and citations that occurred in the last two decades(1999 to 2022)to foresee future research prospects.

Study on the relationship between English reading and writing

Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues for better understanding. The relation between reading and writing can help our English teaching in and out class. Also the way of thinking influences our reading and writing.

The Application of Genre- based Pedagogy in College English Reading and Writing Instruction

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.

Experiment of Adopting the Learner Blog in CALL-based Practical English Writing Course

The learner blog is adopted in the instruction of CALL-based Practical English Writing course for A-level non-Eng lish major sophomores in our school in the spring this year.After examining how the program is implemented in detail,sugges tions are provided for future instructors in this related program.To ensure the program a good start,it is advisable for instructors to set aside a certain time to help each student to create a blog account in the beginning.Besides,it is requisite to provide stu dents with blogs titles with elaborate design and with the evaluation and further comment of the blog in the course of face-toface communication.Using of blogs in CALL-based Practical English Course is helpful in improving students'writing quality,in gearing up self-introspection for participants,in creating cooperative learning community,in fostering autonomous learning and cooperative learning,in building up communicative channels between students and instructors and among students themselves.

On the Reform of Vocabulary Teaching in College English Reading Course

Vocabulary is the basis of English learning.The mastery of vocabulary directly affects the development of students’listening,speaking,reading,writing,translation,and other abilities.Therefore,vocabulary teaching plays an important role in English teaching.As a basic course for College English majors,one of the teaching objectives of reading course is to help students expand their vocabulary,enhance their sense of English language,and increase their cultural background knowledge of English speaking countries.In the process of extensive reading teaching,teachers should not be limited to the traditional vocabulary teaching mode,but should guide students to memorize words quickly and efficiently through flexible teaching methods,expand vocabulary,and at the same time,teachers should pay attention to the introduction of cultural knowledge in the process of vocabulary explanation,so as to help students understand the meaning more deeply and thoroughly.

Cultivation of Reading,Writing,and Critical Thinking in the Teaching of Selected Readings in American Literature

Selected Readings in American Literature is a required course for the third year of English major,and it is also a compulsory course for the Bachelor Degree of English Language and Literature at School of Foreign Languages,Leshan Normal University.The course uses the combination of English literary reading and course paper writing to develop students’English reading and writing skills,while focusing on the cultivating critical thinking skills of English majors.

Reading Course and Cross-Cultural Communication of Tourism English

Tourism English reading is the course with the largest amount of information that students know and understand professional knowledge background of tourism, development history of tourism industry and classification and development status of tourism industry; which is also a course that students learn with relative difficulty. In tourism English reading teaching, introducing the cross-cultural communication knowledge and enhancing cross-cultural communication ability will help students to overcome the obstacles in reading, so as to make this course play its role.

A Diary Study of the Impact of Extensive Reading on English Writing

Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading and positive results from a variety of studies (e.g. Bell,2001; Nash &Yuan,1992; Nation, 1997), an investigation is conducted on the impact of extensive reading on college students’ writing per-formance over a 20-week period. Data are collected from multiple sources, mainly including teacher and learners’ diaries, together with aninterview and writing tests. The results of the study show that extensive reading can enhance learners’ writing skills and promote a positiveattitude toward writing.

The Application of Web-Oriented English Fanfiction in Teaching Reading & Writing Skills to EFL Learners

Fanfiction is a new form of oral storytelling tradition in the computer age. Considered the English language and the popular culture, it is possible to apply English fanfiction in teaching reading and writing skills to EFL learners in China. This kind of digital literacies pedagogy is beneficial to language learners in the aspects of self-studying, communicating, and learning interest. However, the combination of new literacies and regular schooling might cause troubles for teachers and students.

The Application of Multiple Intelligences Theory in College English Reading Course

This paper,based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory,aims to investigate whether the application of MI Theory in col lege English reading class can improve students'English reading proficiency.MI-categorized activities are adopted in the class.The paper explores college Enlgish reading teaching strategy based on MI Theory to improve English teaching proficiency.The paper sheds some light on how MI theory could be applied in EFL.

An Integration of Meaning-Focused and Form-Focused Approach in EFL Reading and Writing——a Conceptual Inquiry and Experiment

Whether to adopt the meaning-oriented or form-oriented approach in EFL teaching has been in hot academic debate in the past decades. This paper investigates the literature contribution on these two methods, attempts an integration of the two,and introduces a teaching experiment of EFL reading and writing at China Agricultural University.

The Effect of Reading-based Writing On Enhancement of Senior Three Students’ Writing Ability

This paper is aimed at studying the effect of reading-based writing instruction on the improvement of senior three students’writing capability.By analyzing students’reading materials from the sample test papers,students are able to notice the distinctive characteristics of the target language ranging from words,expressions,sentence structures and paragraph structures,which is beneficial to students’writing.

On How to Cultivate Listening,Writing,Speaking,and Reading Abilities in English Learning

This paper focuses on the relationships of the four basic abilities in English acquisition,namely listening,speaking,reading,and writing and puts emphasis on the discussion of how to acquire these four abilities.

Alternative Design of Postgraduate English Writing Course

This paper presents an alternative design of postgraduate English writing course to meet the requirement of the current postgraduate English teaching reform.The author believes that efficiently-organized writing activities based on practical needs could refresh teaching frame- work and consequently assist postgraduates in English writing.

College English Reading and Writing Classes Based on Production-oriented Approach

While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As for writing, they are trained todeal with all types of exams, imitating fixed sentence structures. Thus, the author adopts production-oriented approach(POA) anddesigns tasks that combine reading with writing so that students read with a purpose and write with authentic language.

An Needs Analysis of English Writing Skills in the Engineering Context in China

This paper aims at investigating the needs of developing an English writing course for Chinese engineering students by employing the instruments of questionnaires and interview protocols.The results will be beneficial for the course development.

The Role of First Language Transfer in Second Language Writing and Pedagogical Implications

The influence of first language(L1) involvement in second language(L2) writing has been a theme widely discussed since the research on L2 writing process thrived in the early 1980 s. So far extensive studies have indicated that L2 writing is a bilingual event and the use of L1 is a fairly common strategy among L2 writers. In light of this cognitive characteristic of L2 writing process,a wide range of studies have been carried out,seeking to further reveal what role L1 plays in L2 composing process and how L1 assumes its role during the process. However,there seems to be no consensus reached by the L2 writing researchers so far on whether L1 involvement facilitates or interferes L2 writing,which results in a lot of confusion and frustration in L2 writing teaching practices. Therefore,this paper tries to examine the conflicting views on the role of L1 transfer in L2 writing process and analyze the reasons and theories that may underlie this phenomenon for an attempt to elicit some pedagogical implications for future L2 writing teaching.