简介:IntroductionInteachingwriting,peopleusuallypayattentiontogrammaticalproblemsfromsentencestructuretoarticles.Theyalsopayattentiontospelling,capitalisation,punctuationandthechoiceofwords.Theseareessential-butsoisthetoneofthewriting.Inthisarticle,I’dliketopresentsomeideasabouttone.Tone
简介:OurStudentsOurstudentsarescholarsselectedbytheChinesegovernmentforfurtherstudyintheU.K.whocometoChengdufor3-4monthsintensiveEnglishlanguagetraining.AttheendofthetrainingcoursetheyhavetotaketheIELTStest.OurtaskistoequipthemforstudyinBritain,andtopreparethemforthetestwhichwilldecidetheirfuture.
简介:Thispaperaimsatdiscoveringwhatamongcommunicativeability,linguisticabilityandwritingstrategymostaffectsEnglishwritingabilityofnon-EnglishmajorsatChina’scolleges.Throughtheanalysisofcommunicativeproficienciesandlinguisticproficienciesoffoursubjectsobtainedfromtheircompositions,itisfoundoutthatneithertheircommunicativeabilitynortheirlinguisticabilityisthekeyfactor.ThustheauthorconcludesthatwritingstrategymaybecrucialtoEnglishwriting.Thepreliminaryconclusionisfurtherconfirmedwithquestionnaires.
简介:IntroductionCollegeEnglishLanguageTeaching(CELT)isaspecialtermforteachingEnglishtonon-EnglishmajorstudentsinChineseuniversities.NowadaysinCELT,moreandmoreattentionisbeingpaidtowriting.ThistrendseemstohavebeenreinforcedbytheinclusionofawritingtestintheNationalCollegeEnglishTest,whichhasgreatinfluenceonCELTinChina.However,becauseoftimelimitationsonCELTcourses,usuallyfourorfivehoursaweek,itisquiteimpossibletoplanaspecificwritingcourse.Asaresult,ithastobeintegratedintoothercourses-inmostcasesintoreadingcourses.InChongqingUniversity(Chongda),forinstance,writingisincludedinIntensiveReading.AlthoughwritingiscombinedwithotherEnglishcourses,ithasnotbeenfullyintegrated.Inotherwords,thecourseincludingwritingisdividedintotwopartswhichhavenothingatalltodowitheachother.
简介:■SinceSpring,culturesectionsoftheWesternmediahavebeena-flurrywithnewsofanunusualcelebration:2007marksthe50thanniversaryofthetypefaceHelvetica,andwithlavishfestivitiestoheraldit,thestudyoftypographyhasbeenhurledintothelimelightoftheartsmediaandthebroadsheetstoo.