Teaching good communication/proposal-writing skills: Overcoming one deficit of our educational system

Good communication skills require: (1) an understanding of one's audience and the subtle interactions between writer and reader, (2) organizational skills to methodically progress through the necessary stages of a project (e.g., writing a proposal), and (3) certain basic communication (writing/speaking) skills, i.e., a facility with the basic elements of transmitting information clearly. The task of writing a grant proposal in response to a specific set of instructions is used to illustrate the analysis and responses necessary to complete a major written communication project. The concept of focusing on—and writing for—the reader (in this case, the proposal reviewer) is emphasized. Although good communication skills affect life-styles, productivity, and economics in our society, the communication skills of the American pubic are sorely lacking—even among people with high levels of education—because students receive little training in these skills in the United States educational system. However, such skills can be taught to younger students as well as to adults.     

任务型教学在英语报刊阅读中的应用

任务型教学是以具体任务为载体,以完成任务为动力,融知识和技能为一体,学生通过听、说、读、写等活动用所学语言完成具体任务。对任务型教学在英语报刊阅读中的运用进行了分析。     

The building blocks of writing: Learning to write letters and spell words

This study examined the development of beginning writing skills in kindergarten and the relationship between early writing skills and early reading skills. Sixty children were assessed on beginning writing skills (including letter writing, individual sound spelling, and real and nonsense word spelling) and beginning reading skills (including letter name and letter sound knowledge, global early reading ability, phonological awareness, and word reading). Children’s beginning writing abilities are described, and they exhibited a range of proficiency in their ability to write letters, spell sounds, and spell real and nonsense words. Global early reading proficiency, phonological awareness, and/or letter sound fluency predicted letter writing, sound spelling, and spelling of real and nonsense words. Appreciation is expressed to the participating students and teachers at Dwight D. Eisenhower School and to Margaret Boudreau and Joan Foley for assistance in scoring students’ responses.     

‘We can write!’ The writing workshop for young learners

The study presents the process of differentiated instruction, its implementation, and impact on second graders in a Lebanese school It analyses how writing instruction has been differentiated through implementing the writing workshop to help students demonstrate improved writing skills. It examines the effects of second graders' participation in the writing workshop and discusses the factors that enabled students to develop their writing skills. Data collection includes pre- and post-writing samples, reflective journal and checklists during individual conferences. Findings show that students' writing skills improved as reflected in their progression of text, expansion of ideas, and development in conventional writing.     

英语写作教学中的跨文化交际能力培养

英语写作是英语学习中的一大难点。除了具备英语语言知识和各方面的综合能力外,还要克服文化差异造成的障碍。本文主要从文章结构、语法与遣词造句以及篇章组织的思维方式和话语策略三个方面,探讨英汉语写作中的语言文化差异,以在英语写作教学中培养学生的跨文化交际能力,使其真正掌握英语写作特点,提高英语写作能力。     

Handwriting automaticity and writing instruction in Australian kindergarten: an exploratory study

Accumulating evidence indicates handwriting automaticity is related to the development of effective writing skills. The present study examined the levels of handwriting automaticity of Australian children at the end of kindergarten and the amount and type of writing instruction they experienced before entering first grade. The current study involved 177 kindergarten children enrolled in 23 classrooms from seven government-funded primary schools in Western Australia. Individual child level data (e.g., handwriting automaticity and word-reading skills) were collected and teachers were asked to complete a survey assessing the amount of time and types of writing activities developed in their classrooms (e.g., teaching basic skills and teaching writing processes). Hierarchical linear models were conducted to examine total variance attributable to child and classroom levels. Results showed a total variance of approximately 20% in children’s handwriting automaticity attributable to differences among classrooms when gender and word-reading skills were controlled for. Large variability was noted in the amount and type of writing instruction reported by a subset of participating teachers. Handwriting automaticity was associated with the teaching of revising strategies but not with the teaching of handwriting. Implications for writing development and writing instruction are discussed.     

汉语言文学专业师范生教学技能提升策略

教学技能包括一般教学技能与专业技能。汉语言文学专业师范生的一般教学技能包括备课、说课、讲课、评课四项,可以通过分项过关、开口论辩、自讲合作、先写后评的方式加以提升;专业技能包括听、说、读、写四项,可以通过听课例讲座、说备课讲课、读教育名著、写教学论文的方式加以提升。     

人教版NSEFC读写技能整合类型划分及教学建议

基于《普通高中英语课程标准(实验)》共享知识理论以及迁移理论关于读写技能的相关论述,我们可以从课堂教学角度,把高中英语读写技能整合课型划分为阅读仿写和阅读创写两种类型。阅读仿写的教学目标直接指向写作能力培养,阅读创写的教学目标可以指向写作,通过写作解决阅读材料提出的问题,也可以指向阅读和写作。划分这两种读写技能整合类型有利于提高教学活动设计的针对性,更好地发展学生的综合语言运用能力。     

“Teaching is learning”: creating a meaningful English L2 writing class with service-learning

Integrating service-learning into content courses is a growing pedagogical model expanding in higher education institutes in many countries. To examine the application of this approach in English L2 writing classes, this study embarked on a tutor–tutee mentoring project at a Taiwanese university. The participants in this study served as writing tutors to help non-English majors with their writing skills. They went through five phases to complete their individual services—selecting a tutee, exploring the tutee’s difficulty in writing, designing a workshop for the tutee, implementing the workshop, and reflecting upon their service experience. Probing the tutors’ responses to a project evaluation survey, this study showed that the tutors generally considered the project to be beneficial for enhancing their writing skills, writing confidence, knowledge about how to improve academic writing, and awareness of their own capabilities in helping others. However, this project was limited in several aspects, such as the amount of time demanded, the tutors’ levels of teaching knowledge and skills, and some tutors’ lack of confidence. Based on the results, this study concludes by proposing pedagogical recommendations to help English writing teachers fuse this project into their writing curricula more effectively.     

论中国古典诗词中的“虚实相生”

“虚实相生”是中国古典美学中的重要原则,同时也是进行诗歌鉴赏时不可缺少的重要理论,它脱胎于老子的哲学思想,形成完整的文学鉴赏理论,同时在文学创作过程出衍生出虚中有实、实中带虚、虚实互转的诗歌创作技巧。无论是其内涵还是类型特征,都是进行古典诗歌创作和鉴赏必不可少的重要理论基础。     

对基础写作教学改革与教材建设的思考

在基础写作的教学改革和教材建设中以“思”为主导,“说”为基础,实现“写”,完成意脉、语脉和文脉三者的循环流动,全面高效地培养学生的思维能力、语言表达能力和写作能力。这种把“说”（口述）纳入写作教学和教材编写的做法能更切实地帮助大学生在瞬间或短期内吸引用人单位的目光,争取时间和机会展示自己的专业才华,得到工作或者更好地开展工作,创造经济财富,获取最大的社会效益。     

综合英语课中的写作教学

听说读写的综合训练是综合英语课的主要任务。写作教学是英语教学的重要组成部分,写作与听、说、读的教学是密不可分的。运用过程教学法,在老师的指导下,读与写结合,听与写结合,是提高学生写作能力的有效途径。     

图式理论与非英语专业学生写作能力的培养

在现代的英语教学过程中,重点提倡培养学生的听、说、读、写、译这五项基本技能,而对于非英语专业学生来说,写作一直都是分数较低的一项,因此,作为教师,应该探究一些先进的学习理念如图式理论,帮助学生利用已有的知识,去构建新的框架,完成英语学习期间相应的写作任务,提高写作能力。     

论应用写作教师的知识与能力结构

应用写作教学的终极目标是通过师生互动和写作实践活动让学生获得应用写作知识、能力和素质。在应用写作教学活动中,教师起主导作用。为了顺利实现应用写作教学目标,应用写作教师必须具备完备的知识体系和能力体系。知识结构主要包括应用写作专业知识、语言学知识、逻辑学知识、相关理论知识及其他多学科知识;能力结构主要包括准确把握教学内容的能力、获取和运用信息的能力、教学组织能力、文章写作及批改能力、科研能力。     

国内外英语读写技能综合教学与研究述评

读写能力是语言能力的重要组成部分。在英语教学中,读写技能一直是语言教学的重点。二者既相对独立又相互关联,可以分立教学,也可以综合教学。从理论和实践两个层面梳理国内外英语读写技能教学的历史发展轨迹,理清英语阅读教学与写作教学由分立到综合,再到分立与综合并存的发展路径,有利于英语教师更有效地进行英语读写技能的教学。     

学前师范生教学技能培养存在的问题及策略探究

当前,地方师范院校学前师范生教学技能存在的主要问题是:教学设计的思路不清晰、缺乏导入环节,导入效果不佳、教学语言成人化,不符合幼儿认知特点和规律、板书不够规范,书写不注重细节、忽略课堂情境的调控、缺乏主动进行教学反思的意识。为此,高校要办好教学技能大赛,做好“以赛促学、以赛促训,以赛强教”;搭建师范生教学技能训练的资源平台;大力构建“实践+监督+考核”于一体的教学技能培养完整体系;秉持共建共享、合作共赢的理念,建设高质量的校外实践基地;遴选校外优秀导师,建立高素质的双师型教师队伍;学前师范生要增强自我发展意识,主动提升教学技能。     

小学作文教学浅谈

作文写作练习,是小学语文教学中的一个难点。在小学作文训练中,首先要告诉学生作文的基本思路,先打好作文的腹稿,然后进行写作,最后修改加工成型,这三步非常重要。这种作文的基本思维过程,在教学中发现很多教师不去讲解,这是作文教学的一个失误。作文的写作训练,重点在于训练学生完整的作文过程,然后进行写作方法的指导,这样就能提高他们的写作水平。     

网络自主学习环境下的大学英语写作教学研究

大学英语写作是重要基本技能之一,然而通过对大学英语进行课堂观察,发现学生的写作能力较差。因此,为提高学生的写作能力,以温州大学为例,结合计算机辅助语言学习和自主学习理论,对网络写作教学模式设计和实施进行探讨,并提出相应的建议,对于提高大学生英语写作教学水平具有一定的创新性和实践意义。     

The utility of writing assignments in undergraduate bioscience

We tested the hypothesis that engagement in a few, brief writing assignments in a nonmajors science course can improve student ability to convey critical thought about science. A sample of three papers written by students (n = 30) was coded for presence and accuracy of elements related to scientific writing. Scores for different aspects of scientific writing were significantly correlated, suggesting that students recognized relationships between components of scientific thought. We found that students' ability to write about science topics and state conclusions based on data improved over the course of three writing assignments, while the abilities to state a hypothesis and draw clear connections between human activities and environmental impacts did not improve. Three writing assignments generated significant change in student ability to write scientifically, although our results suggest that three is an insufficient number to generate complete development of scientific writing skills.