To cultivate and improve students' English writing ability, we should start with words and sentences and do a good job in basic training.
English is a structural language with its own fixed collocations, idioms and basic sentence patterns (Chen Lihua, 2003).
However, a large number of words, authentic life language, task-based arrangement system and the diversity of text genres in Oxford Senior High School English provide basic materials for writing.
According to the writing requirements of different topics, teachers can use different forms of methods to train students in basic writing.
For example: keyword and phrase writing training method, that is, the teacher carefully selects 2-3 phrases or sentence patterns every day according to the writing topic of this unit, so that students can do translation and sentence-making exercises;
After a week, let the students write with these phrases and sentence patterns.
This training method can not only cultivate students' writing ability, but also improve writing efficiency. It can also help students master some idioms and sentence structures, thus improving their ability to choose words and make sentences.
Second, do a good job in training basic sentence patterns and promote writing. Written expression questions consist of many sentences, which are the basis of writing articles.
To complete the written expression questions, we should first start with sentences and guide students how to express their ideas in sentences.
From the perspective of language morphology, English is an analytical language with relatively fixed basic sentence patterns, stable collocations and common phrases. In order to make good use of them in writing, we must strengthen the basic training in this field.
First of all, we should strengthen the teaching and training of five basic sentence patterns.
Almost all English sentence patterns are extensions, extensions or changes of these five sentence patterns, so training students to "write" must master five basic sentence patterns and master them skillfully.
The five basic sentence patterns are: S+V, S+V+O, S+V+O, S+V+O+C, S+V+P.
Although the five basic sentence patterns can express certain meanings, they cannot express their thoughts freely. Therefore, students must be trained to expand sentences and give full play to their imagination in class.
Secondly, we should strengthen the teaching of sentence patterns, analyze some sentences, and strengthen students' training in using various sentences to express a meaning.
Finally, make full use of teaching materials to train students' basic sense of language.
Third, start with reading and cultivate the ability of writing and expression. Reading and writing are inseparable. Reading is the basis of writing, the source of collecting materials, learning vocabulary and sentence patterns, and novel expressions.
Therefore, teachers should combine reading with writing as much as possible, use textbooks to train students' writing skills, integrate various forms of writing skills training in the process of cultivating reading ability, and run writing teaching through reading teaching.
The author adopts the following methods: 1. Use textbooks to rewrite. On the basis of completing reading teaching and students basically mastering the content of the article, the author further guides students to rewrite the article.
Rewriting requires students to pay attention to the changes in person, tense, direct speech, indirect speech, wording and sentence layout of the article, fully understand the content of the article, seriously think about it, and write an article with appropriate language and complete content.
For example, what is happiness for you in Oxford High School English Module 6 Unit?
The reading part is the text in the form of dialogue interview. In the interview, Dr. Brain, a guest, took the experience of gymnast Sang Lan as an example to talk about his understanding of happiness.
After the teaching of reading, the author asked the students to write a composition introducing Sang Lan in the third person, and encouraged them to quote the classic words and examples describing Sang Lan.
For example: hard work, full of energy, keep the best/positive, full of energy; She is happy to devote herself to fitness and sports.
Through these trainings, students not only deepened their understanding of the text and used the key words they learned, but also got practical training in writing.
2. The process of imitating model essays and encouraging imitation writing is actually the process of simulating readers' reading;
Reading is also an act of imitating writing (Dai Junrong, 2002).
Teachers can give students a model essay with the same genre and subject matter as written expression, so that students can complete writing tasks with similar themes through reading.
For example, the Oxford English module 1 Unit 3 Lo is good at ing Good, and the topic that feels good is to stay healthy.
The author chose a report from English newspapers about how to lose weight scientifically and reasonably. First, let the students read in class within a limited time, and then ask the students: which do you think is more important, lo good or feeling good, how will you stay healthy, why, and so on.
Students write by imitating the structure of reading materials.
Reading drives writing, from the input of knowledge to the output of knowledge, which improves the organization and coherence of students' expression and provides students with writing strategies and skills.
Fourthly, cultivate the habit of writing in English.
"If you just master writing skills and recite a lot of articles, you can't do it yourself. There are no fixed articles to copy.
English Curriculum Standard points out that the overall goal of English curriculum in basic education stage is to cultivate students' comprehensive language use ability.
Therefore, we should follow the principle of "everything is for use", advocate and encourage students to practice in person, start writing, write letters to relatives, friends and teachers in English, keep diaries in English, or write notes and messages in English, or talk to teachers or reflect the situation in English, or write weekly reports or summaries to teachers.
Only by applying what you have learned to real life in time can you internalize your abilities.