模仿在英语写作教学中的作用_英语论文

On the Role of Imitation in Teaching English Writing

摘要

众所周知，英语写作在二语习得中起着重要的作用。它在各级各类英语测试中都占据着很大比重。但是学生在写作方面还存在许多问题，因而许多老师和学者都在研究如何有效地进行英语写作教学。随着英语教学的发展，越来越多的老师采用模仿法来进行教学，在教学活动中这种方法也叫做范文模仿法。根据模因理论、行为主义理论和建构主义理论，人们认为模仿写作是一种有效的英语写作教学方法。在经过研究之后，作者证明了范文模仿法的确是最能有效提高学生写作能力的方法之一，不仅如此，模仿写作法还能提高学生英语写作的兴趣以及信心。

关键词 英语写作 模仿 范文模仿法 写作能力

Abstract 

As we all know, English writing plays an important role in the second language acquisition. It takes a significant proportion in a variety of English tests. However, there are a lot of writing problems among students that so many teachers and scholars pay much attention to study how to teach students’ writing effectively. Undoubtedly, it has become an urgent task in the research of English teaching. With the development of English teaching, more and more teachers use the imitation，namely, the model-imitation in teaching, to teach English writing. According to the Memetics, Behaviorism epistemology and Constructivism epistemology, model-imitation is supposed to be a good teaching approach to teach English writing. After this study, imitation-writing is proved to be one of the most effective ways to improve students’ writing ability. It also helps students establish interest and confidence in  English writing. 

Key words：English writing  Imitation  model-imitation   writing ability