The Application Of The Process-focused Approach To The Teaching Of English Writing In Senior High Schools

The English Curriculum Standard has also explicitly listed the demand of writing in the goal of English language skills, with a view to developing students'ability in writing. Therefore more and more English teachers have realized the important role of writing in English language teaching. As a result of the significant position of the traditional product-focused approach in English writing teaching as well as its major disadvantages, such as ignoring the writing process and the change of the students' feelings during the writing, the efficiency of teaching is bad and the students can't command how to write a good composition.Based on the theory of process-focused approach at home and abroad, the thesis aims to explore the application of process-focused approach to the teaching of English writing in senior high schools The first part of the paper presents the basis of the process-focused theory, summarizes the research at home and abroad, and introduces its features and procedures to be carried out in teaching. Having investigated the status quo of teaching writing, the author has also compared the differences between product-focused approach and process-focused approach in writing. With the help of three questionnaires and by analyzing the data of the experiment, the author argues that the process-focused approach achieves more significant growth in students' writing ability than the product-focused approach and that the students in the experimental class have gained more confidence in writing than ever before. Besides, their attitudes and beliefs towards writing have also changed dramatically. They like to be cooperative and active during the process of writing.In conclusion, it is worthwhile to adopt the process-focused approach to teaching writing in high school. It is hoped that this thesis will help high school English teachers have a better understanding of process writing, and more and more teachers can apply this approach to their teaching practice.