An Analysis of Reading-to-Write Approach Applied in English Writing Teaching

Abstract

The study of English learning has long been a hot topic in China. The scheme of the new College Entrance Examination, which has recently released, shows that the higher level of students’ competence of English comprehensive communication skills is required. Among those comprehensive communication skills, writing is the most important but also the most difficult one for students. To improve students’ writing skills, teachers have been making efforts to adjust, or create their own teaching methods, and doing more research on teaching of writing. And this paper takes advantage of teaching case analysis and the author reads lots of literature to provide some advantages, drawbacks and optimizing strategies of reading-to-write approach in English writing teaching. Although the study lacks of practical research, it can not only conclude some potential problems in the application of the approach, which lays a solid foundation for further teaching, but also provide more effective ways to utilize the reading-to-write approach in English writing. Finally, based on the input and output hypothesis, the paper can also provide a teaching framework for English teachers and further research on writing.