College English writing instruction for non-English majors in China faces reduced class hours, no dedicated writing course, and test-driven assessment¶
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q1 i? English class hours have been reduced by 1/4, 1/3 or even 1/2, writing must be taught in intensive reading classes, and multiple-choice-heavy assessment distracts students from writing improvement. → Junhong Ren 2017
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Junhong Ren 2017¶
Junhong Ren. (2017). College English Writing Instruction for Non-English Majors in Mainland China: The “Output-Driven, Input-Enabled” Hypothesis Perspective. English Language Teaching, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n7p150
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The author’s descriptive account of current conditions in mainland China: reduced class hours, no compulsory writing course for non-English majors, multiple-choice-dominated testing, and teachers who “seldom teach English writing in class because of the tight teaching schedule”. No empirical data are offered.
"To begin with, English class hours have been reduced by 1/4, 1/3 or even 1/2. As a consequence of this, how to make the best of the available class hours to instruct the students to learn English and English writing in particular has become a big challenge for most EFL teachers."
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Related Claims¶
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- China's Matriculation English Test ignores speaking skills despite adding communicative components after 1992 — related
- Pandemic-related absences and reading setbacks made consistent writing-focused interactions difficult — related
- Students report low motivation for English writing due to lack of real-life application and formulaic compositions — related
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College English writing instruction for non-English majors in China faces reduced class hours, no dedicated writing course, and test-driven assessment |
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College English writing instruction for non-English majors in China faces reduced class hours, no dedicated writing course, and test-driven assessment |
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