摘要
All college students in China, English majors and non-English majors, have to learn English. Both teachers and learners have tried hard to find a good and effective way to teach and learn English in order to achieve high proficiency of English. Recitation, the traditional Chinese teaching method has been well kept in teaching language, particularly in primary school. In this paper, the writer reviews the related language learning theories and the studies of recitation and attempts to explore the positive effect of recitation, which is based on the theory of ＂input hypothesis＂ and accords with the cognitive process of human mind. Through experiment, it is found that recitation is helpful to students＇ writing.
