Author(s)

Xiaojun Yang, Fuhua Tan

Corresponding Author

Fuhua Tan

ABSTRACT

This study first summarizes the existing problems of English writing teaching in Chinese Senior High Schools, and then discusses how to the Scaffolding Teaching Theory and Comprehensible Output Hypothesis into English practical writing. When teaching English practical writing, teachers are advised to follow four principles to guide students to build “scaffolding” in writing by outlining. After that, this study explores how to improve students’ English writing ability from three aspects: writing training, composition evaluation, sample analysis and recitation. This study shows that teachers can help students improve their expression ability by strengthening English writing training.

KEYWORDS

English writing teaching, The scaffolding teaching theory, Comprehensible output hypothesis