Outline

Thesis: Writing is the representation of the comprehensive ability of English learners. However, Chinese students are poor in their writings. There are lots of factors affecting Chinese middle students’ English writing. Through analyzing the

problems in writing, we could investigate and find out how to improve writing, including a process approach to writing, motivation, designing writing tasks. Outline:

I.A brief introduction to Chinese middle students’ writing A. The importance of writing.

B. The investigation of what, why, how to write.

II. There are many factors in poor writing among Chinese middle

students.

A. Problem from teachers.

1. Overcome students' writing.

2. Lack of the guidance of writing. B. Problem from students. 1. Be afraid of writing.

2. Not have a good habit of writing in English.

3. Lack of practicing writing diary, composition, article and

so on.

C. Problems from writing tasks. III. A process approach to writing

A. Investigating students’ general approach of writing process. B. The main procedures of process writing.

1. Creating a motivation to write 2. Brainstorming 3. Mapping

4. Free-writing 5. Out-ling 6. Drafting 7. Editing

IV. Motivating students to write

1. Why we should motivate our students to write. 2. How to motivate our students V. Designing writing tasks

1. How to design writing task

2. Give an example of how to describe people. VI. Conclusion

We should overcome all kind of affecting factors and students’

writing is improved through process approach, motivating, designing writing task.