Write to Learn: The Concept and Practice of the English "Long Write" Method Write to Learn: The Concept and Practice of the English "Long Write" Method

Author: Zheng Chao
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: English enthusiasts can learn a vivid and practical learning method in this book that guides them from proficiency to mastery. Professor Wang Chuming, a leading expert in second language acquisition in China, revolutionized foreign language teaching concepts by pioneering the "Writing-to-Long Method." Considering China's unfavorable conditions for foreign language listening and speaking environments but ample opportunities for reading and writing, the method emphasizes writing as a leading tool in the intermediate stage of English learning. By treating minor details as controllable variables and creating contexts through writing tasks tailored to foreign language learning characteristics, it helps overcome psychological barriers, stimulates creative achievement, unleashes learning potential, and promotes learning through writing, yielding significant results that have already spread across the country. This book comprehensively showcases this innovative educational reform system, divided into two parts: "Concepts" and "Operations." The Concepts section collects academic discussions and empirical research on the "Writing-to-Long Method" by renowned experts and scholars in China's foreign language education field, providing a panoramic view for colleagues in the field of English teaching. The Operations section primarily introduces the "Writing-to-Learn" teaching reform at the School of English, Wenzhou University of Foreign Languages, which has been characterized by the "Writing-to-Long Method" for over five years, as well as the full-process planning for college English writing courses developed on this basis. Schools committed to reforming English teaching with writing as a breakthrough can fully adopt this teaching program or select, supplement, or recombine the teaching tasks introduced in the book based on the characteristics of their teaching objectives.