Writing to Learn—The Concept and Practice of English Extended Writing Method

Author: Zheng Chao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Professor Wang Chuming, a leading expert in second language acquisition in China, revolutionized foreign language teaching concepts and pioneered the "Long Write" method in English. Given China's unfavorable conditions for listening and speaking environments in foreign language learning, while possessing ample writing resources, the method advocates prioritizing writing in the intermediate stage of English learning. By treating minor details as controllable variables and creating contexts through writing tasks tailored to the characteristics of foreign language learning, the "Long Write" experience helps overcome psychological barriers in foreign language learning. It also stimulates creative achievement and unleashes learning potential, promoting learning through writing with remarkable results, which has already spread across the country. This book comprehensively presents this innovative teaching reform system, divided into two parts: "Concepts" and "Operations." The Concepts section collects academic discussions and empirical research on the "Long Write" method by many renowned experts and scholars in China's foreign language education field, providing a panoramic view of research for colleagues in the field of English teaching. The Operations section primarily introduces the teaching reform project based on the "Long Write" method at the School of English, Wenzhou University of Foreign Languages, over the past five years, as well as the full-process planning for college English writing courses developed on this basis. Schools committed to reforming English teaching by focusing on "writing" 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. English enthusiasts can also learn a vivid and practical learning method from this book to improve their English proficiency and move toward mastery.