Investigate the “Issues” in Chinese Students’ English Writing and Their “Reasons”: Revisiting the Recent Evidence in Chinese Academia

Sang, Yuan

doi:10.5430/ijhe.v6n3p1

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“…There are many deficiencies and problems with the writing skills of Chinese undergraduates (Sang, 2017). Therefore, the teaching of college English writing needs an effective system.…”

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Analyzing Descriptive Writing among Chinese Undergraduates According to Gender

Chen

Nair

2021

2641-533X

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The aim of the study is to assess the Chinese undergraduate students’ EFL descriptive writing ability according to gender and to explore four EFL lecturers’ views on how to help students enhance their EFL descriptive writing. This study employed descriptive research design using the QUAN-qual model. A descriptive writing test was used as an instrument and the essays of the students were marked by a lecturer. Purposive sampling was used to select samples which consists of 400 Chinese undergraduate students (200 males and 200 females) from Hunan City University in Hunan Province, China. Before the actual study, the researcher carried out a pilot test to investigate the reliability and validity of the instrument (descriptive writing test). The results obtained from the quantitative data showed that female students outperformed male students in their overall writing as well as each component of the writing. In relation to students’ writing level, the lecturers emphasized that it is very crucial to utilize the Process Approach in class to enhance students’ vocabulary and grammar foundation. In addition, students are required to practice writing more frequently which can arouse their enthusiasm in learning English.

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“…There are many deficiencies and problems with the writing skills of Chinese undergraduates (Sang, 2017). Therefore, the teaching of college English writing needs an effective system.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing Descriptive Writing among Chinese Undergraduates According to Gender

Chen

Nair

2021

2641-533X

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“…Writing has always played a very essential role in the development of students' English language proficiency [10]. As one of the activities that reflect the development of students' overall English language skills, its quality affects not only the development of students' overall language quality but also the teachers' judgment of students' English language proficiency [11]. As a result, teachers should pay attention to the role of English writing in promoting learning and make the quality of English teaching specific, operational, and practical in terms of the process and method.…”

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Improved Collaborative Filtering Automatic Assessment System for Teaching English Writing in College

Zhang¹

2022

Advances in Multimedia

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In the context of economic globalization, as an international language, English plays an increasingly essential role in the communication and exchange of ideas. As an output skill that fully reflects one’s linguistic and cultural literacy and logical thinking ability, English writing is undoubtedly the most difficult of the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Writing is a form of expression that enables human thoughts to communicate and exchange across time and space, and it is also a powerful witness to the collision of ideas. However, most college students treat English writing with contempt. The reasons for this situation are related to the traditional teaching methods and assessment methods of English writing in universities. After all, today, many universities focus on the development of learners’ input skills or on the training of translation skills in the workplace. However, the development of English writing skills is weak. As a result, a great number of learners’ English writing skills lag behind other skills. This is because, for many years, the English writing curriculum and teaching mode in universities have only emphasized students’ learning of passive language input and rarely highlighted the importance of language output skills and activities. As a result, the imbalance in the interaction between language input and output has led to a lack of students’ writing skills. The teaching model of college English writing is mostly that teachers teach the theory and skills of writing through model essay analysis, and then, they are responsible for assigning writing tasks. The new standards promulgated by the Ministry of Education in 2001 also clearly state that the evaluation system should reflect the diversity of evaluation subjects and the variety of evaluation methods. In other words, both outcome evaluation and process evaluation should be considered. The focus of formative assessment is on students’ learning process. The evaluation content focuses on students’ performance, emotions, attitudes, and learning strategies in the learning process. The subjects of evaluation are teachers, students, and peers, which coincide with the requirements of the new curriculum reform. After more than 20 years of lightning-fast development in the Internet era, China’s Internet industry has achieved unprecedented success and is playing an unprecedented role on the world stage. Under the guidance of relevant policies, China is steadily moving toward becoming a cyber power. Education is the main means of training talents in China, but the traditional teaching mode is bounded by time and place. Therefore, teaching through the Internet is convenient and unconstrained in this era. In addition, the convenient connection of mobile Internet anytime and anywhere has facilitated the rapid integration of online and offline education. Education, as a future-oriented business, is bound to bring about a change. In this study, an improved collaborative filtering automatic assessment system for teaching English writing in college is designed.

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“…Previous studies reported that English teachers in China emphasized much more on English reading while neglecting English writing. Furthermore, the curriculum and syllabus of College English combine Reading and Writing together, and there were no specially designed English writing courses (Sang, 2017). Students are not provided channels to speak about their di culties in writing due to limited class time and usually, they cannot receive timely feedback and correction in writing, their enthusiasm for English writing is largely decreased (Yang, 2016).…”

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Computer or Human: A Comparative Study of Automated Evaluation Scoring and instructors’ feedback on Chinese College Students’ English Writing

Pan

2022

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The role of internet technology in higher education and particularly in teaching English as a Foreign language is increasingly prominent because of the interest in the ways in which technology can be applied to support students. The automated evaluation scoring system is a typical demonstration of the application of network technology in the teaching of English writing. Many writing scoring platforms have been developed and used in China, which can provide on-line instant and corrective feedback on students’ writing. However, the validity of Aim Writing, a product developed by Microsoft Research Asia, which claims to be the best tool to facilitate Asian EFL learners, has not been tested in previous studies. In this mixed methods study, the feedback and effect of Aim Writing on college students’ writing will be investigated and compared to instructor’s feedback. The results indicate that Aim Writing’s performance is insufficient to support all students’ needs for writing and that colleges should encourage a hybrid model that contains both AES and instructor’s feedback in writing.

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Investigate the “Issues” in Chinese Students’ English Writing and Their “Reasons”: Revisiting the Recent Evidence in Chinese Academia

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Analyzing Descriptive Writing among Chinese Undergraduates According to Gender

Analyzing Descriptive Writing among Chinese Undergraduates According to Gender

Improved Collaborative Filtering Automatic Assessment System for Teaching English Writing in College

Computer or Human: A Comparative Study of Automated Evaluation Scoring and instructors’ feedback on Chinese College Students’ English Writing

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