Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)

The Differences in Thinking Patterns Between English and Chinese in Chinese Students’ English Writing

Authors
Yunxi Fei1, *
1School of Foreign Languages, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 201424, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 20003342@mail.ecust.edu.cn
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Yunxi Fei
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_36How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese and English Thinking Patterns; English Writing; Comparative Analysis
Abstract

The differences in thinking patterns between English and Chinese have been found to have a significant impact on Chinese students' English writing, whereas there are few analyses of thinking differences specific to the English writing of junior and senior high school students. Therefore, this study aims to analyze and investigate how some of the variations between English and Chinese thinking patterns act on the English writing of Chinese students aged 12–18. In this thesis, the main method of research is literature study. By collecting, identifying, and collating existing literature for comparative analysis, problems and reasons that emerge for this particular aspect of English writing among younger students are presented. For these students between 12 to 18 years, who are still in a state of further awareness of their mother tongue, differences in interlingual modes of thinking pose a barrier to English writing in terms of both writing content and structure. To improve students' writing skills, instructors must lead students to identify the differences. Meanwhile, it is crucial to apply appropriate solutions in their teaching.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_36
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_36How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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