How-to-Improve-the-Middle-School-StudentsEnglish-Writing-怎样提高中学生英语写作能力

PAGE24怎样提高中学生英语写作能力？HowtoImprovetheMiddleSchoolStudents’EnglishWriting?AcknowledgementIwouldliketoexpressmysincerethankstomyadvisorforhervaluabledirectionsandsuggestionsandforhergenerosityinspendinghertimediscussingquestionsconcerningthisthesisandforherconstantencouragementaswell.Ialsowishtoexpressmyfurtherthankstoallmyteachers,whosecoursesandlectureshaveinspiredmetowritethisthesis.Moreover,Imustthankmyfamilyforsupportingme.Withoutthem,Ihavenoenoughtimetocompletemythesis.Abstract:Inregardsoflearningandliving,modernpeoplehavemorechancestouseEnglish.Becausewritingisoneofthemostimportantwaysoflanguage,greatinterestshavebeenshowninEnglishwritingbysecondlanguagelearners.ThescoresofEnglishwritinghavebeenraisedeveryyear.Englishwritingproducesamarkedeffect.SowesaythatEnglishwritingisveryimportantforus.Butinthemiddleschool,thestudents’Englishwritingisaweaklink.WritingfacestomanydifficultiesandproblemsintheEnglishlearning.Ihavetakensomemeasurestoimprovetheirwritingabilityinmanyrespects.FirstItellstudentstheimportancesofEnglishwriting,thenenrichtheirvocabulary,practicetheirbasicskills,andpractisemore.KeyWords:writing,ability,fourskills,practice摘要从学习和生活中来看，现代的人们有更多的机会来使用英语,同时写作又是语言输出的重要途径之一。近年来,英语写作的分值每年都在增长,英语写作也占着重要的地位。所以，我们说英语写作对于我们是非常重要的。但是，在写作在中学教学中却是一个薄弱的环节。在英语学习中写作存在着一些困难和问题。我在很多方面采取了一些措施来改进他们的写作能力。首先我会告诉他们英语写作的重要性，然后再丰富他们的词汇，锻炼他们的基本技能，并要多多练习。关键字：写作，能力，四项技能，锻炼TableofContentsAcknowledgements………….…….……..…4Englishabstract…………….……..……..…5Chineseabstract………………….……..….=3\*ROMAN6Tableofcontents…………………….………7I.Introduction……….……….9II.Theimportancesofimprovingthemiddleschoolstudents’EnglishWritingAbility……….………92.1.writingservesasatoolinteachingalllanguageskills.……..…….……….……102.2.writingmaybeagoalinitself……………….………….……102.3.writinghasitspracticalvalue……………….………….……10III.Therelationshipofthefourskills……………….………11IV.Problems……………….…………………114.1.Paynoattentiontowriting……………….………….…114.2.Problemsinmakingsentences……………….…………114.3.lackofvocabularies,thelogicandtheimaginationabilities…….………12

V.Methodsofimprovingstudents’writingability…….………….………125.1.Traintheabilityoflisteningtoimprovewriting…….………….………135.2.Centeringaroundthetexttoimprovewriting…….………….…………135.2.1.Haveadictation……………….………135.2.2.Read,recite,andretellthetext……………145.2.3.Summarywriting……………………155.3.Readingwidelytoimprovewriting……155.3.1.Rememberwonderfulexpressions………155.3.2.FindthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish…………155.4.Practicewritingmore…………………155.4.1.KeepadiaryinEnglish…………………165.4.2.Providegoodexamples…………………165.4.3.Writeinlimitedtime……………………16VI.Conclusion………………17Bibliography…………………18HowtoImproveMiddleSchoolStudents’EnglishWriting?I.IntroductionIamamiddleschoolEnglishteacher.Ithinkitisverynecessarytogiveguidanceonthestudents’writinganditisquiteimportantforthestudentstopracticewritingmore.StudentshavetofacemanydifferentsituationsinwhichtheyshouldwriteinEnglish.Theyoughttotakenotesorwritesomesummariesaftertheyreadorlistensomematerials.Somestudentsprefertocommunicatewithothersthroughwritingnotesorletters.Indiscussion,somestudentswanttowritedowntheirspeechoutlineoreventhewholescript.Somestudentsevenliketowritegoodarticlestoexpresstheirfeelingsorpointsofview.Asweallknow,Englishwritinghasmoreandmoreimportantpositionasacommunicationtool.Besides,theEnglishwritingmarksincreasesstepbystepintheexamination.So,howtoimprovewritingabilityhasalwaysbeenpaidmuchattention.Thispaperwantstofindoutsomeeffectivemethodstoimprovewritingaccordingtomyexperience.II.TheimportancesofimprovingthemiddleschoolStudents’EnglishWritingAbilityAsisknowntousall,allthestudentshavetowriteEnglishcompositionswhentheyarehavinganEnglishexamination.Sowritingplaysaveryimportantroleinmanyaspectsformiddleschoolstudents.writingcangiveavoicetoshystudentsaswritingcanserveasmediumthroughwhichlessconfidentstudentscancommunicatewiththeirteachersandothers.Moreover,writingcanbelessthreateningforanxiousstudentsasitgivesthemtimetothinkabouttheirmeaningandpurposewrittenlanguageisaformoflanguagecommunicationassameasspokenlanguage.Writingisanimportantcommunicationabilitytousewrittenlanguage.Itisakindoflanguageskillasthesameaslistening,speakingandreading.Thefourbasicskillsarecomplementarytoeachother.Ifoneofthemisweak,theotherthreeskillswillbeaffected.Developingthewritingabilitycancombinewithsomeactivitiesoflistening,speakingandreading.ThepurposeofmiddleschoolEnglishteachingistoimprovethestudents'Englishlistening,speaking,readingandwriting.ButnowmostofstudentsthinkthatwritingcompositioninEnglishisdifficult.Theycanhardlyexpressthemselveswiththeirownwords.SomeofthemwritecompositioninEnglish,justaccordingtotheChinesemeaningwordbyword.Weshouldpaymoreattentiontomiddleschoolstudents’Englishwriting.2.1writingservesasatoolinteachingalllanguageskills.Itcanbeintegratedwiththeteachingoflisteningcomprehension,oralpresentation,andreadingskills.王青王青(WangQing).“培养中学生英语写作能力的探索与实践”.《中小学外语教学》，2002(2):32-36Forexample,makingnotesandwritingsummariescanbeusedinteachinglisteningcomprehension,writingoutlinesandscriptscanbeusedforthepreparationoforalpresentation,andwritingcanbeintegratedwiththeteachingofreadingskillsbyaskingthestudentstowriteanswerstoreadingcomprehensionquestions.2.2writingmaybeagoalinitself.Sincewritingisoftenrequiredforpassingaparticularexamination,fromwritingsimpleanswersatanelementaryleveltocomposingessaysatanadvancedlevel,teachingwritingcansurelyhelpmeetstudents’needsinfulfillingtheirfullcourseofstudy.2.3writinghasitspracticalvalue.Itcanbeusedasstimulusinmotivatingstudentstolearnthelanguage.Forexample,iftheyhaveaccesstoInternet,theymaybeabletocommunicatewithothersaroundtheworldinEnglishwherevertheyare.TheymayfindwritingusefulinapplyingforfurtherstudyopportunitiesaswellasinlookingforabetterjobsincemanyjobsrequireapplicantstohavegoodcommandofwrittenEnglish.III.TherelationshipofthefourskillsNowadays,EnglishwritingbecomesmoreandmoreimportantinthemiddleschoolEnglishteaching.TherearefourbasicskillsinprocessofEnglishlearning.Theyarelistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Theyaremutuallyrelatedtoeachotherandpermeatedbyeachother.Readingandlisteningaretocomprehendstudents’expression.Itisaprocessfromtheexternallanguagetointernallanguage.Speakingandwritingaretoexpresstheirownideaswithlanguage.Itisaprocessfromtheinternallanguagetoexternallanguage.Sowritingabilityisbasedontheabilityofreadingandlistening.RenXiaoping.ListeningBarriersAmongChineseStudentsAndTrainingTactics[J].RenXiaoping.ListeningBarriersAmongChineseStudentsAndTrainingTactics[J].延安教育学院学报，2001.p1-2Atthesametime,thetrainingofwritingcangoastepfurtherfortheimprovementofreadingandlisteningability.Inmyopinion,inordertoimprovewritingability,itisveryimportanttoimproveotherabilities.Itismeaningfulforthestudentstotrainthesefourabilities.Soweshouldpenetratewritinginthewholeteachingprocesscombiningitwithreading,listening,speakingandsoon.IV.ProblemsAtpresent,thepurposeofmiddleschoolEnglishteachingistoimprovestudents’skillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting.However,theteachersandthestudentsyieldtotheexaminations,whichresultinmanyproblemsinEnglishlearning,particularlyinEnglishwriting.WeshouldtryourbesttofindwheretheEnglishwritingproblemsareinordertosolvetheminthebestways.Byteaching,IfindthemainproblemsofourEnglishwritingasfollowing.4.1Paynoattentiontowriting.Teachersandstudentsthinkitisnotimportanttopracticewritinginjunioroneandjuniortwo.Theyprefertacticsfortheexaminationofenteringschoolsofahighergrade.Writingisnottaughtsystematicallytostudents,suchashowtochoosewords,makesentences,organizeparagraphs,conceivethewholeessayandsoon.4.2Problemsinmakingsentences.OurstudentsalwaysmakegrammarmistakesinwritingandtheydonotmakesentencesinEnglish.ThisisacommonproblembecauseEnglishisdifferentfromChineseingrammarstructureandlanguagecustoms.Somoststudentsdonothowtowriteacompletecompositionwiththeeasiestwords.4.3Lackofvocabularies,thelogicabilitiesandimaginationabilities.Thestudentsusuallycannotwriteacompletecompositionbecauseoftheirsmallvocabularies.Sometimes,theteacherscannotunderstandwhattheywriteorwhattheywanttoexpressbeauseoftoomanywrongwordsandmissingwords.Meanwhile,theyalsolackoftheabilitiesofexpressingtheirideasinotherways.Moreover,theydonotknowhowtomakeupacompleteorbettercompositionwiththesentencesbecausetheylackofthelogicabilitiesandtheimaginationabilitiestobeautifytheircomposition.

Becauseoftheabovereasons,somestudentscannotwriteEnglishcompositionswell,andeventheyareindreadofwriting.Consequently,veryfewstudentscanuseEnglishtoexpresstheirownideasskillfully.Inthelongrun,thiscausestheviciouscircles.SotheteachersshouldpaymoreattentiontothestudentswritinginEnglishteaching.Itisverynecessarytogiveguidanceonthestudents’writinganditisquiteimportantforthestudentstopracticewritingmore.Atthesametime,studentsshouldalsodotheirbesttoimprovethewritingability.V.Methodsofimprovingstudents’writingabilityAsanEnglishteacher,Ioftenaskmystudentstoreadmore.Whentheyread,theycantrytheirbesttofindwhatkindofgrammarstructuresthesentencescontain.Theyeventrytheirbesttothinkiftheycanmakesimilarsentences.Meanwhile,theycanalsofindwhatkindofcompositionstheyreadandthinkiftheycanwritesimilarcomposition.Besides,Ialsoaskthemtotrytheirbesttomemorizethenewwordsorguessthemeaningswhentheyread.Theycanmakesignswhentheymeetthenewwords.Themoretheydolikethat,themoretheymasterandlearn.Gradually,theywillfindtheyareenlargingtheirvocabularieswhentheyarereading.Andtheywillnotfeelthattheyhavemanynewwordswhentheywritecompositions.Theycancultivatetheirownhobbiesandimaginationabilities.Whentheywrite,theycantrytheirbesttoputwhattheylearnfromthehobbiesandwhattheyimagineintopractice.Bydoingso,theircompositionwillbebetterandmoreinteresting.JangJiaping,1995,TrytoimprovetheabilityofWritingEnglishJangJiaping,1995,TrytoimprovetheabilityofWritingEnglishⅢ.张礼贵,廖国强.商标翻译中的美学商业价值探究[J].商业时代,2009,(25):128-129.Inaword,Enlishwritingisnoteasyforallofus.Itneedsustopracticeandfindmorebetterwritingways.5.1TraintheabilityoflisteningtoimprovewritingChooseasuitablelisteningmaterialforthestudents.Playingtherecorderinclass,askthemtolistentoitrepeatedlyafterclass.Haveadictationinclassandchecktheworktogiveamark.Teachersshouldkeepdoingthisonceaweektoimprovetheabilityofwriting.InordertoimprovetheabilityoflisteningandhelpthestudentsgetmoreinformationtolaysolidfoundationinEnglish,wechoosenewconceptEnglishaslisteningmaterials,thiscourseattemptstopracticeallthetheoriesintopracticeaboutlanguage.Ittrainsthestudents’skillsinunderstanding,speaking,readingandwriting.ItisusedtotrainthestudentssystematicallytowriteEnglish.5.2CenteringaroundthetexttoimprovewritingNow,thetextisanexcellentmaterialforthestudenttoimprovetheirintegratedskillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Trainthestudents’abilitythroughthefollowingways.5.2.1HaveadictationThewordsaretothearticlewhatthebricksaretothebuilding.Ifyoudonnotknowtowriteeightwordsinaten-wordsentence,youwillnotexpressyourideas.Sovocabularyisveryimportantforthestudents’writing.Thevocabularyintheteachingmaterialisselectedscientifically.Theyareveryimportantandbasicvocabulariesforthestudents.Atpresent,themiddleschoolteachingmaterialismoredifficultthanbefore.Ithaslargervocabulary.Inthereadingofeachunit,thereareafewmainwords.Iwillwritethemontheblackboard.Iwillreadthemandletthestudentsrepeatandpayattentiontothepronunciation.Iusethewordstomakethesentencestoshowthestudentshowtousethem.Ineachreading,therearemanyusefulexpressionsandidioms.Itisusefulforthestudentstounderlineandrememberthem.InUnit4Findingyourway,therearemanyusefulexpressionsandidiomas.Suchasgostraighton,liedown,alldaylong,jumparound,makepeoplelaugh,helpthemeattheleavesfromtrees,Crossthebridge,andyouwillseetheelephantsandsoon.Itismeaningfulforthestudentsintheirownwriting.5.2.2Read,recite,andretellthetextIngeneral，forastudent,theamountofreadingandlisteningshouldbeovertentimesthatofspeakingandwriting.Ifthestudentscanmanageit,theywillexpresstheirideasfreelybyspeakingandwriting.Afterfinishingalesson,Iplaytherecorderinclassandstudentslistenandrepeat.Afterthat,Idividetheclassintogroupsorinpairstoreadthetext.Acompetitionwillbeheldbetweengroupsandpairs.Asaresult,eachstudentreadactivelyforacommunityspirit.Inteaching,Ialwaysrequirestudentstorecitethetext.Afterassigning,Iwillhaveacheckinthenextclass.Itisoneofmyrequirementsthateachstudenthastopasstherecitation.Somanystudentscometoreciteontheirown.Somebetterstudentscanrecitetoeachotherandtellmetheresultquickly.Intheend,Ihaveadictationofaparagraphtochecktheircommandofthetext.IfthereisashortcuttothestudyofEnglish,itmustberecitation.Recitationandimitationarethe“foolish”ways,buttheyarethebestway.Itisself-evidentforthestudentstocommandthevocabulary,therulesofgrammarandsentencepatterns.Afterfinishingthetext,itisveryimportantforthestudentstoretellthetextwiththeirownwords.Writeanumberorbriefnotesontheblackboardsummarizingthesubject-matterofthetext.5.2.3SummarywritingMyaimistotrainthestudentstomakestatementswhicharebaseddirectlyonthepassagethestudentshaveread.Thestudentisrequiredtoderivespecificinformationfromeachpassage(comprehension)whichhewellputtogethertoformaparagraph(summary).Theamountofhelpheisgiventodothisgraduallydiminishes.WangMeirui,WangWeizhong,LiNaier.“Usesentencesinwriting.”Englishcomposition,2002(2):1-3WangMeirui,WangWeizhong,LiNaier.“Usesentencesinwriting.”Englishcomposition,2002(2):1-3Intheseexercises,thestudentswilllearntowriteasummary.Itisaprogressiveprocesstoimprovetheabilityofthestudents’writing.5.3ReadingwidelytoimprovewritingIfyouwanttowriteagoodessay,youhavetoreadagreatmanyexcellentones.Soitisverynecessaryforthestudentstoreadwidely.5.3.1RememberwonderfulexpressionsIoftenadvisestudentswhichreadingmaterialissuitableforthem.Requirethestudentstomakeextractsofusefulexpressionsandwonderfulsentencestolearnbyheart.Makeconsciouseffortstousethemintotheirownwritingandcheckitreadwidely.5.3.2FindthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishTrainthestudents’speedofreadingandfindthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Letstudentsreadanarticleinthreeorfiveminutes,thenletthemanswersomequestionstochecktheircomprehension.Helpthestudentstofindusefullanguagepoints.Itisveryusefulforthestudentstoaccumulatethevocabulary.ThiscanhelpthestudentsrealizethedifferencesbetweenEnglishsentencesandChinesesentences.ConnectingwordsandsubstitutivewordsisusedfrequentlyinEnglish.5.4PracticewritingmoreAswesay“Practicemakesperfect.”Learningalanguageorskill,themosteffectivewayistopracticeit.TousEnglishLearners,ifwewanttomasteralanguageincludingmasteringallitsskills,wemustthinksomethinginitandexpresssomeinit.KarlMarxeversaid,“whenyouarelearningaforeignlanguage,youmustlearntoforgetyournativelanguage.”Thatistosay.Whenwearelearningforeignlanguage,wemustputourselvesintoanatmosphereofforeignlanguage.Ifwewanttoimprovethestudents’ability,wehavetorequirethemtopracticewritingstepbystep.Inordertorealizetheaim,Itakethefollowingsteps.5.4.1KeepadiaryinEnglishKeepingadiaryinEnglishisoneoftheeffectivewaystoimproveourEnglishwritingability.ItcanhelpustocultivatethehabitofthinkinginEnglish.HeXiulan,WangLongdi.“Keepdiariesforwriting”.Concisepracticalwriting,2001(1):1-3,35-36,81-83,106HeXiulan,WangLongdi.“Keepdiariesforwriting”.Concisepracticalwriting,2001(1):1-3,35-36,81-83,106Requirethestudentstowriteadiaryineveryweek.Guidethemtowritesomethingaboutschool,family,friends,lifeandsoon.Iftheyfindthattheydonothaveanythingtowrite,theycancopyagoodarticle.Collectthediariestocheckcarefullyandgivearemarkonthem.Atthesametime,weshouldencouragethemtokeepdiarieseverydayandpraisethestudentswhowriteagooddiary.5.4.2ProvidegoodexamplesImitatetousethesimpleandexplicitEnglishsentences,grammarstructures,andusefulexpressionsflexibly.ItisaeffectivewaytoimprovethespokenEnglishandwrittenEnglish.Ifyoureadthesentence,“Readingistothemindwhatfoodistothebody.”Thissentencepatternistocomparethesimilarityofthetwothings.“AistoBwhatCistoD.”Therearemanysimilarsentences:Thebrainistothepeoplewhatfishistowater.Knowledgeistothehumanmindwhatwateristothebody.Thelampistolightwhattherecorderistosound.Assignatopic,andaskthestudentstowriteonit.Atthesametimetheteacherhadbetterwriteonit.Aft