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2014.05AStudyofImitationWritingtoImproveVocationalCollegeStudents’LetterWritingfromthePerspectiveofMemetics模因论视角下仿写对提高高职学生英语书信写作能力的研究ByZhengLuSupervisedbyProfessorKangShumin诚信创新·LiteratureReviewResearchMethodologyDataCollectionandAnalysisConclusionResearchBackground&MotivationContentsofpresentation1.ResearchBackground•Withthedevelopmentofglobalization,EnglishisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantforChinesestudents.•English,asonegloballanguage,itsskillsconsistoffouraspects,whichrefertolistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Englishwritingisthelastinsequencebutshouldbebynomeanstheleastinimportance.•However,EnglishwritingformanyChinesestudents’isatoughjob.Asfaraswritingproficiencyofvocationalcollegestudentsisconcerned,theygenerallyarepoorer.Theyoftencomplainthatheyareinlackofgrammarknowledge,vocabularystorageandsoon.Researchmotivation•Thisstudyisundertakenonaccountofvocationalcollegestudents’poorEnglishwritingperformanceinEnglishtests.•Concerningtraditionalimitationwriting,itreliesontheinputoftheteacher,andthestudentsaredeprivedofrightsofparticipatingintheinteraction,discussionandreflection.•Thisstudyisaimedatconnectingimitationwritingandmemetics,whichmakesimitationwritingbecomeacompletelearningprocessforstudents,andabandonitstraditionalway,teacher-centerstyle.2,LiteratureReview•Imitationwritingmeansthatpeopleengagetheirwritingbyimitatingwords,expressions,sentencepatterns,structuresandsoonfromoutstandingmodelessays.•Memetics,basedonDarwin’sevolutionarytheory,isanewpragmatictheoryonelaboratingthelawofculturaltransmission.Memeisaunitofculturaltransmission.Therearetwowaysforlanguagememestobereplicatedandtransmitted•thesamecorecontenttransmittedmemeticgenotype•differentcontentswiththeidenticalsetpatternmemeticphenotype•Withtherapiddevelopmentofmemeticsinlinguistics,imitationwritingregaineditsvigorinteachingfield.Thereisacloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandmeme.•Imitationwritingisaprocessofmemereplicationforthereasonthatimitationwritingistoimitateidiomaticexpressions,usefulsentencespatternsandorganizationofanessay.•Theteachingprocessofimitationwritingrunsparalleltotheprocessofmemeticdevelopment.Memecycle•Assimilation•Retention•Expression•TransmissionImitationwriting•Input•Internalization•Output•Interaction3,ResearchMethodologyquestionssubjectsinstrumentsResearchMethodologyproceduresResearchquestionsIstheimitationwritingfromtheperspectiveofmemeticseffectiveinhelpingvocationalcollegestudentsimprovetheirletterwriting?Whatarethesubjects’attitudestowardstheapproach?Atwhataspectscanimitationwritinghelpstudentsimprovetheirletterwriting?Subjects:Thesubjectsare70studentsfromZaoZhuangVocationalCollege.Controlgroup(35)subjectsExperimentgroup(35)ChapterThreeInstrumentsSPSSWritingtasksTestsQuestion-naireInstrumentsDateWritingtopicsSeptember10thLettersofcomplaintSeptember24thThank-youlettersOctober8thLettersofinvitationOctober22ndLettersofapplication.Table3.1ProceduresinbothclassProceduresBothgroupswererequiredtowritearelatedletter.ButimitationwritingfromtheperspectiveofMemeticapproachwastaughtintheexperimentgroup,sothesubjectsinEGwentthroughfourstepswhenlearning,thatis,input,internalization,outputandinteraction.4,DataCollectionandAnalysisDataanalysisofthetestsscoresTable4.1scoresofEGandCGinpre-test(EG=experimentgroup,CG=controlgroup)GroupsNumberMeanStandardDeviationtSig.(2-tailed)CC356.661.39-.2670.790EC356.571.29Comparisonbetweenthepre-testandpost-testofECTable4.2scoresofECinpre-testandpost-testNumberMeanStandardDeviationtSig.(2-tailed)Pre-test356.571.29-12.010.000Post-test359.742.24Comparisonbetweenthepre-testandpost-testofCCTable4.3scoresofCCinpre-testandpost-testNumberMeanStandardDeviationtSig.(2-tailed)Pre-test356.661.37-1.2800.209Post-test357.061.14ComparisonbetweenECandCCinthepost-testTable4.4scoresofECandCCinpost-testGroupsNumberMeanStandardDeviationtSig.(2-tailed)CC357.061.14-6.325.000EC359.742.24DataanalysisofthequestionnaireAccordingtotheresultsofthequestionnaire,morethan80%ofstudentsinexperimentalgroupholdapositiveattitudetowardsimitationwritingandassurethattheywillcontinuetoapplyitintheirfuturewritingactivity.5,MajorfindingsthesubjectsinEGhavemadesignificantprogressintheselectionofwords.Theircompositionsappearinvarietyintheaspectofvocabulary.ChapterFiveinletterwriting,thesubjectspaidspecialattentiontothestructureofletters.Comparedtoone-paragraphstyleinthepre-test,itbecamethree-paragraphpattern,andmostofthemimitateandmasterthisstructure.itreferstoimprovementsinmeaningexpression,especiallyinsentencepatterns.Theirperformanceonmeaningexpressionbecamemorenaturalandcompletebasedonthefrequentapplicationofcomplexclauses.Implication1•Samplematerialsshouldbecarefullychosen.2•Theimitationwritingteachingprocessshouldbeinaccordancewiththelifecycleofmemes.3•ImitationwritingfromtheperspectivesofmemeticsismoresuitableforEnglishbeginners.Alice精心制作ThankYou!