摘要
This essay first reviews the history of English writing research in China, focusing on the way that though Chinese students negotiated multiple languages and cultures, nationalism and positivism oriented most teachers and researchers to treating native English speakers as the target audience of student writing. The essay then reviews the research reported in this special issue. These studies have advanced English writing research in China by examining writing at secondary, college, and graduate levels, the multi-dimensional feedback that student writers receive, and identity construction in student texts. The essay concludes by pointing out avenues for future research in this area.
本文首先回顾了中国英语写作研究的百年传统,指出虽然早期研究就关注了学生如何与多语言和多文化进行协商,教师和学者长期受到国家民族主义和实证主义的影响,视与以英语为母语者交际为英语写作之目的。本文接着讨论了本期的数篇研究报告,这些研究关注了高中、大学、研究生三阶段的写作,多方面写作反馈,及文本中身份的构建。不足包括没有关注课堂之外的写作活动,延续了视学生作文为缺陷的先入思想,定性研究的方法还有待提高。
