Hot Topics: English Writing Guidance and Training for the Gaokao

Author: Huang Lijun, Editor-in-Chief
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: English writing (written expression) is one of the core content areas in senior high school English teaching and a significant component of the college entrance examination assessment. The ability to use learned English knowledge and acquired skills for written thought communication reflects the level of written expression proficiency. This book provides writing method guidance based on the classification of common examination question forms for English written expression in the college entrance examination. It offers detailed tips on writing techniques and high-score strategies, covering aspects such as analyzing the topic to identify key points, selecting words and sentence structures, mastering verb tenses and voices, adapting flexibly, avoiding Chinese-style English, using transition words, employing more complex structures or advanced vocabulary, and appropriately showcasing creativity. The book categorizes 170 carefully selected hot topics into 20 major categories, including the Olympic Games, the internet era, a harmonious and resource-saving society, educational hotspots, middle school students' study and life, social phenomena, environmental protection, and social practice. It provides insightful commentary on the expressive brilliance of each excellent model essay. Dedicated chapters offer specialized writing guidance and practice exercises for open-ended written expression, with detailed critiques of selected model essays on popular topics. Chapter 4 compiles nearly 700 high-scoring phrases and sentence structures for popular topics in college entrance examination English written expression. This book is suitable for senior high school students and English teachers.