Developing Strategic Writers through Genre-Based Instructions in College

The College English Courses, required courses for non-English major undergraduates, have been implemented for almost three decades in China's tertiary education. Classroom teachers, however, are facing a host of daunting challenges in writing instructions as college students perform poorly in national English test, known as CET. The paper advocates an explicit and effective genre-based pedagogy designed and developed by J.R. Martin and his "Sydney School", an approach which supports teachers with tools for analyzing texts and scaffolding learning, and emphasizes visible teaching to enable students to succeed in English writing