英语写作策略探析(英文)AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ENGLISH WRITING STRATEGIES
胡萍萍
Hu Pingping Zhejiang Normal University
摘要(Abstract)：
写作是大学英语学习中一个不可缺少的部分,同时也是近年来大学英语教学中较为薄弱的一个环节。近年来一些学者和英语教师已经开始意识到问题的严峻性,并从各个角度对影响学生英语写作水平的因素进行了许多探索和研究。然而针对非英语专业大学生在写作过程中所使用的策略的研究尚不多见。为了进一步了解中国学生的英语写作策略的运用情况,本文展开了实证性调查。调查结果表明非英语专业的中国大学生在英语写作过程中运用了多种策略,其中记忆策略运用得最频繁,其次是补偿策略,用得最少的是情感策略。至于具体的写作策略,学生运用得最多的是使用话语联系语策略,用得最少的是与别人谈论感受策略。本文还结合以上发现探讨了改进大学英语写作教学的途径与措施。
Writing is an indispensable part of college English learning. However, the present situation of college English writing teaching in China is far from satisfactory. Although many studies have been carried out concerning college English writing and teaching, very few of them explored the writing strategies adopted by non-English majors in their composing process. It is expected that the investigation of writing strategies can help to discover what students actually do in composition writing, and consequently provide some insights into the teaching of college English writing. The research question addressed in this study is "What strategies are used by non-English majors in their writing process?" The descriptive analysis of the results showed that Chinese non-English majors did employ diverse strategies in their composing process. Among the six strategy groups, memory strategies were the most frequently used. Compensation strategies were the next, while affective strategies were given the least attention. As for the specific writing strategies, the strategy of using discourse connectives was used most frequently by students, the strategy of discussing feelings with others was the least among their choice. These findings provided much insight into college English writing and teaching.
关键词(KeyWords)：
大学英语;写作教学;写作策略
college English; writing teaching; writing strategies
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胡萍萍
Hu Pingping Zhejiang Normal University
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