CULTURE AWARENESS IN AN EFL WRITING CLASS

• 作者: TianHailong
• 来源期刊: 中国英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: 大学 英语写作 思维方式 文化意识
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（1）
• 页码范围: 78-80
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: H315

摘要

This paper reports a classroom experiment that aims atsolving the cultural problem of EFL writing. The problem isdefined as the Chinese way of thinking that is realized in theschematic structure of a piece of English writing. Based onSwales' move structure analysis, the experiment providessolutions to the problem. They are: 1) enhancing students awareness of the cultural problem in their writing, and 2) arranging the moves in an English rather than Chinese way.The implication is that developing students' cultural awareness isequally important as developing their language skills.