Word choice and effect

Author: Cai Jigang
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Chinese college students have a decent vocabulary in English, but their writing skills do not show a significant improvement compared to their college entrance exam results. Why is this? Reading some college students' essays, although there may be no grammatical errors in their word choice, they often feel bland and lifeless. Why is this? The reason lies in the fact that they have not learned how to fully utilize the words they have already recognized or learned. When writing, as long as they can express their meaning, they simply use whatever words come to mind, without considering word variations, the phonetic features of words, or their vividness and imagery. In short, they do not consider word selection, the effectiveness of words, or the concept of artistic expression. This book addresses the problems students face in word choice for English writing and introduces readers to the techniques and art of selecting and using words from 13 aspects, thereby helping them improve the quality of their English essays.