模仿写作在大学英语教学中的作用实践

众多研究者认为写作训练在提高英语学习者语言实际运用能力方面能够发挥积极的作用。但直接布置写作任务的做法往往事倍功半,甚至打击了学生的自信心。模仿写作,以建构主义认识论为依据,将可理解性语言输入和输出并行运用到写作训练,从仿写到原创,循序渐进,有助于逐步培养学生的学习兴趣,提高自信心。实验证明,在大学英语教学中通过＂词汇——句子——篇章＂仿写模式来训练学生的写作能力,能够更加有效地提高学生语言综合运用能力。

A Practical Study on the Effect of Imitating Writing in College English Teaching

Though it is widely believed that practice of writing plays positive roles in improving English learners＇ language ability,the direct assignment of writing usually gets half the results with double efforts and even hurts the confidence of students.The imitating writing,which is based on the constructivism epistemology,and combines comprehensible language input and output in writing practice,however,helps establish students＇ interest and confidence in studying English by letting them learn in a step-by-step way,from imitating to creating.It has proved that,the ＂vocabulary—sentence—passage＂ mode of imitating writing is an effective way to improve students＇ comprehensive capability of using English.