民办学院非英语专业学生写作能力个体差异的研究.docx

民办学院非英语专业学生写作能力个体差异的研究ChapterOneIntroduction1.1ResearchBackgroundAmongthefivebasicskillsinlanguagelearning,writingisthemostimportantanddifficult,foritdemonstratesaperson’scomprehensiveabilityinusingalanguageandexpressingideas.Writingcanbechallengingeitherinone’snativelanguageorinthesecondlanguage(Peyton,1993).Sowritinghasbeenattractingconsiderableattentionfromresearchersbothathomeandabroad.Forlearners,especiallycollegestudents,writingisanindispensableskilltoacquireinsecondlanguagelearning.Collegestudentsareexposedtoavarietyofexaminations,inmostofwhichwritingtaskisanecessaryandintegralpart,suchasinCET4,CET6.AccordingtoCollegeEnglishCurriculumRequirements(2007)2,thebasicrequirementsforwritingare“towritewithin30minutesashortcompositionofnolessthan120wordsonageneraltopic,oranoutline.Thecompositionshouldbebasicallycompleteincontent,clearinmainidea,appropriateindictionandcoherentindiscourse.Studentsareexpectedtohaveacommandofnecessarywritingskills.”InCET4,thewritingtakesup15%ofthetotalscore.However,theresultofthewritingscoreisfarfromsatisfactory.InJune1993,theaveragescorethroughoutthenationis6.8,whileinJune2001,theaveragescoreinthewholenationis7.7;untilnowtheaveragescoreisstillratherlow.FortheprivatecollegeslikeNingboDahongyingCollege,theaveragescoreislower;thepassingratioofCET4forGrade2010non-Englishmajorisabout40%.………..1.2ResearchMotivationCollegeEnglishwritingteachinghasbeenappealingtomanyresearchersandvariousteachingmethodshavebeenusedwhichintendtoteachEnglishwritingmoreeffectively.However,nosatisfyingmethodhasbeenfoundsofar.Sincethe1970s,theresearchfocusofL2teachingandlearninghasshiftedfromteachers’teachingtolearners’learning.Thelearners’individualcharacteristicsandtheirimpactsontheprocessofL2acquisitionhavebeenvaluedhighly.Manyresearchershaverealizedthatresearchingtheteachingmethodsalonecannotincludealltheelementsconcerned(Stern,1983).GreatimportancehasbeenattachedtolearnersthemselveswhentheresearchofL2acquisitionisconducted.Inrecentyears,researchersbothathomeandabr