A Study on the Effectiveness of Chunk Teaching Method in English Writing Teaching in China’s Middle Schools

Yiyang Shen, Wenxuan Shi
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Anchored in the researchers’ investigation and experience during the internship at a middle school in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, this dissertation, carried out under the guidance of the theory of chunk teaching method, sorts out the current research results and findings on chunk teaching method, and then analyzes the differences between the chunk teaching method and other traditional writing teaching methods from the perspectives of contents and functions, which draws a conclusion that the utilization of chunk teaching method in China is of great significance to the improvement of middle school students’ abilities in English writing. Before writing this paper, researchers conducted a series of preliminary preparations such as questionnaires, interviews and the same-topic writing tests. With that in mind, this dissertation reveals the chunk teaching method’s capability of more or strengthening middle students’ English writing ability, and thus demonstrates the effectiveness of chunk recitation in English writing teaching in China’s middle schools, which provides reference and critical materials for scholars in this field.

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Chunk Teaching Method, Middle School, English Writing Teaching, Effectiveness

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonest.215

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