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HowtoimprovethemiddleschoolStudents’EnglishWritingAbility

I.Introduction

　　AsamiddleschoolStudent,it’sverynecessarytogiveguidanceonthestudents’writingandit’squiteimportantforthestudentstopracticewritingmore.StudentshavetofacemanydifferentsituationsinwhichtheyshouldwriteinEnglish.Theyoughttotakenotesorwritesomesummariesaftertheyreadorlistensomematerials;Somestudentsprefertocommunicatewithothersthroughwritingnotesorletters;Indiscussion,somestudentswanttowritedowntheirspeechoutlineoreventhewholescript;Somestudentsevenliketowritegoodarticlestoexpresstheirfeelingsorpointsofview.

Asisknowntousall,allthestudentshavetowriteEnglishcompositionswhentheyarehavinganEnglishexamination.Sowritingplaysaveryimportantroleinmanyaspectsformiddleschoolstudents.

II.TheimportancesofimprovingthemiddleschoolStudents’EnglishWritingAbility

ThepurposeofmiddleschoolEnglishteachingistoimprovethestudents'Englishlistening,speaking,readingandwriting.ButnowmostofstudentsthinkthatwritingcompositioninEnglishisdifficult.Theycanhardlyexpressthemselveswiththeirownwords.SomeofthemwritecompositioninEnglish,justaccordingtotheChinesemeaningwordbyword.Weshouldpaymoreattentiontomiddleschoolstudents’Englishwriting.

First,writingservesasatoolinteachingalllanguageskills.Itcanbeintegratedwiththeteachingoflisteningcomprehension,oralpresentation,andreadingskills.Forexample,makingnotesandwritingsummariescanbeusedinteachinglisteningcomprehension,writingoutlinesandscriptscanbeusedforthepreparationoforalpresentation,andwritingcanbeintegratedwiththeteachingofreadingskillsbyaskingthestudentstowriteanswerstoreadingcomprehensionquestions.

Second,writingmaybeagoalinitself.Sincewritingisoftenrequiredforpassingaparticularexamination,fromwritingsimpleanswersatanelementaryleveltocomposingessaysatanadvancedlevel,teachingwritingcansurelyhelpmeetstudents’needsinfulfillingtheirfullcourseofstudy.

Third,writinghasitspracticalvalueandcanbeusedasstimulusinmotivatingstudentstolearnthelanguage.Forexample,iftheyhaveaccesstoInternet,theymaybeabletocommunicatewithothersaroundtheworldinEnglishwherevertheyare.TheymayfindwritingusefulinapplyingforfurtherstudyopportunitiesaswellasinlookingforabetterjobsincemanyjobsrequireapplicantstohavegoodcommandofwrittenEnglish.

Becauseoftheabovereasons,somestudentscan’twriteEnglishcompositionswell,andeventheyareindreadofwriting.Consequently,veryfewstudentscanuseEnglishtoexpresstheirownideasskillfully.Inthelongrun,thiscausestheviciouscircles.SotheteachersshouldattachimportancetothestudentswritinginEnglishteaching.It’sverynecessarytogiveguidanceonthestudents’writingandit’squiteimportantforthestudentstopracticewritingmore.Atthesametime,studentsshouldalsodoyourbesttoimprovethewritingability.

III.Thewritingsteps

A.Pre-writing

Thefirststepispre-writing.Althoughthisstepisthepreparationperiod,itismoreimportant.Thestudentsarerequiredtohavemanyskillsofmakingsentences.

1）Usingsentencestylestomakesentences.

2）Usingphrasesorexpressionstomakesentences.

3）Integratingsentences.

4）Usingthesameorsimilarexpressionstomakesentences.

Atpresent,themiddleschoolteachingmaterialismoredifficultthanbefore.Ithaslargervocabulary.InReadingofeachunit,thereareafewmainwords,studentscannotethemdownonthenotebook.Andstudentscanalsoreadthemandrepeatandpayattentiontothepronunciation.Ifyoucannotrememberthem,youcanusethewordstomakethesentencestoshowhowtousethem.

Ineachreading,therearemanyusefulexpressionsandidioms.It’susefulforthestudentstounderlineandrememberthem.InOxfamTrailwalker,therearesuchusefulexpressionsandidiomsasfund-raisingevent,a100-kilometre,anexcellentchance,teamspirit,helppeopleinneed,developmentprojects,anexperienceyouwillneverforgetandsoon.It’smeaningfulforthestudentsintheirownwriting.

It’seasyforthestudentstoforgetwhattheyhavelearned.Tohelpthemlaysolidfoundationonthebasicknowledge,studentscanpersistsinhavingadictationineachclass.Onlyifthestudentshaveagoodcommandofthelanguagepointsandimportantsentencepatterns,theycanusethemflexiblyintheirownwriting.Emphasismustbeplacedontheuseoftheverbs,becausetheverbsplayanimportantroleintheEnglishwriting.Assoonastheywritesomething,theywillthinkofthesuitablesentencepatternsandthecorrectformsoftheverbs.

B.While-writing

Secondly,anoutlinecanmakethewritingabilityeasytobeimproved.TherearemanycasesofbadwritingsmakingstudentsfailintheEnglishexamination.Weshouldrealizethattheoutlineofwritingisespeciallysignificantforus.Duringwriting,wecanemphasizeseveralpointsthatshouldbepaidattentionto.

Ifyouwanttowriteagoodarticle,youhavetoreadagreatmanyexcellentarticles.Soit’sverynecessaryforthestudentstoreadwidely.

（1）Rememberwonderfulexpressions

Advisestudentswhichreadingmaterialissuitableforthem.Requirethestudentstomakeextractsofusefulexpressionsandwonderfulsentencestolearnbyheart.Makeconsciouseffortstousethemintotheirownwritingandcheckitreadwidely.

（2）FindthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish

Trainthestudents’speedofreadingandfindthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Letstudentsreadanarticleinthreeorfiveminutes,thenchecktheircomprehension.Helpthestudentstofindusefullanguagepoints.It’sveryusefulforthestudentstoaccumulatethevocabulary.ThiscanhelpthestudentsrealizethedifferencesbetweenEnglishsentencesandChinesesentences.ConnectingwordsandsubstitutivewordsareusedfrequentlyinEnglish.

Inanyexam,thestudentshavetofinishacompositioninlimitedtime,soit’smeaningfultotrainthestudentstomakeanoutlineinlimitedtime.Whilewriting,thestudentscanusethebeautifulwords.TheyarenotonlyhelpstudentsgetthehighscoresbutalsohelpstudentstowriteintheEnglishwaynotmorethanwordsinwords.

Atthesametime,studentsmustkeeppeacewiththelimitedtimetofinishthewholewriting.IneachEnglishbook’sunit,thereisaMaintaskrequiringthestudentstowriteacompositionabouttheunit.thestudentscandothisexercisesinaclass.

C.Modification

Thirdly,theperfectcompositionshavesomethingincommon.Themodificationislikedecoratingahouseandmakingitmorebeautiful.Italsoemphasizesthatthestudentsshouldspendmuchtimeonmodificationandtrytofindoutallthemistakesandcorrectthem.

IV.PrinciplesofimprovingmiddleschoolStudents’EnglishWritingskills

Aswesay“Practicemakesperfect.”Ifwewanttoimprovethestudents’ability,wehavetorequirethemtopracticewritingstepbystep.Inordertorealizetheaim,Itakethefollowingsteps.

A.KeepadiaryinEnglish

KeepingadiaryinEnglishisoneoftheeffectivewaystoimproveourEnglishwritingability.ItcanhelpustocultivatethehabitofthinkinginEnglish.Requirethestudentstowriteadiaryineveryweek.Guidethemtowritesomethingaboutschool,familyfriends,lifeandsoon.Iftheyfindtheydon’thaveanythingtowrite,theycancopyagoodarticle.Collectthediariestocheckcarefullyandgivearemarkonthem.Praisethestudentswhowriteagooddiary.

B.Providegoodexamples

ImitatetousethesimpleandexplicitEnglishsentences,grammarstructures,andusefulexpressionsflexibly.It’saeffectivewaytoimprovethespokenEnglishandwrittenEnglish.Ifyoureadthesentence,“Readingistothemindwhatfoodistothebody.”Thissentencepatternistocomparethesimilarityofthetwothings.“AistoBwhatCistoD.”Therearemanysimilarsentences:

Thearmyistothepeoplewhatfishistowater.Scienceistothehumanmindwhatairorwateristothebody.Thecameraistolightwhatthegramophoneistosound.

Assignatopic,andaskthestudentstowriteonit,atthesametimetheteacherhadbetterwriteonit.Afterthestudentscompletethewriting,theteachercanchooseagoodwritingofthestudentstoreadtotheclass,orreadtheteacher’sownwritingtotheclass.Isometimesreadthesampletotheclass.Afterhavingreading,pointoutthemeritsandguidethemfindtheirweakpoints.Thisnotonlycanhelpthestudentstomaketheirwritingbetterintime,butalsohelpthepoorstudentstoknowhowtowritethekindofarticle.

C.Writeinlimitedtime

Inanyexam,studentshavetofinishacompositioninlimitedtime,soit’smeaningfultotrainthestudentstofinishwritinginlimitedtime.Ineachunit,thereisaMaintaskrequiringthestudentstowriteacompositionabouttheunit.Guidethestudentstofinishthecompositioninaclass.

V.Conclusion

Writingisthedevelopmentofcomprehensiveability.Studentsmustcomprehensivelyusetheknowledgetheyhavelearned.Sowritingistheprocessofintegratedstudy.We’dbettertryourbesttoimproveourselves’writinglevelbymakingsentences,discussion,writinginterestingstories,makingdiaries,andholdingsomeEnglishCompositionCompetitions.PayattentiontoWritingskillsandtrytodothebestWriting.Thethreeprocessesarehelpfulandconnectedwitheachother.Wecan’twriteanexcellentcompositionwithoutanypart.

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