Inquiry into the Application of the Process and the Length Approaches in China's Senior English Writing

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Inquiry into the Application of the Process and the Length Approaches in China's Senior English Writing

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Major Problems of China's Senior English Writing 1

2.1. The inappropriate role play of teachers and students in the writing class 2

2.2. Too much emphasis on grammatical forms 2

2.3. Negligence of the balance between language input and output 3

2.4. Overemphasis on the final product 3

2.5. Lack of more diverse types of feedback 3

3. Application of the Process and the Length Approaches in China's Senior English

Writing 4

3.1. Theoretical Background 4

3.1.1. The Process Approach 4

3.1. 2.The Length Approach 5

3.2. The procedures research 5

3.2.1. Listening as guide-in activity 6

3.2.2. Speaking leading writing 7

3.2.3. Reading promoting writing 7

3.2.4. Emphasis on the writing process 8

3.2.5. Practicing peer response 8

3.2.6. Giving priority to free writing 9

3.2.7. Writing long composition 10

3.2.8. Writing two drafts 10

3.3. Three stages with different emphases 11

3.3.1. Fundamental stage 11

3.3.2. Enhanced stage 12

3.3.3. Advanced stage 12

4. Conclusion and Implication 13

4.1. Conclusion 13

4.2. Implication 13

Bibliography 15

Abstract: Writing is a complex process of psychological activity, knowledge production, inward social communication and skill training. Currently, great progress has been made in the teaching of listening, speaking and reading in China's senior middle schools, but little breakthrough has been made in the writing practice. It is largely because English teachers are still using product-oriented or mark-oriented traditional methods to deal with classroom writing, which put students in a passive position. This paper shows this concern and points out major problems in senior middle school writing class. To solve these problems, it suggests utilizing the Process Approach and the Length Approach as a key to successful senior English writing.