A Study On The Influence Of Chinese Thinking Patterns In English Writing Of Senior High-School Students

Based on essential differences and teaching practice in Chinese and western languagesand cultural backgrounds, there are great discrepancies in ways of thinking between Chineseand English. In recent years, many studies had focused on the negative transfer of firstlanguage and English writing, but there has been little effort directed to the specific of the firstlanguage thinking modes which negatively influence English writing (Wang Wenyu,2002).As we know, thinking patterns refers to the habit of thinking or the process of thinking. Theformation of thinking pattern has been mostly affected by the factors such as native language,social surroundings, cultural features, and educational system. According to the research，theauthor attempts to analyze influence of Chinese thinking patterns in English writing of SeniorHigh-School students and find a better way to form students’ English thinking ability. In thisway, students can gradually improve English thinking ability and avoid the native languageinterference in English writing, and they enable better organize their compositions andcompose idiomatic English writings with the awareness of English thinking patterns.In this article, the author takes contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage theoryas important theoretical basis. An experiment was carried out among sixty students in2classes of Grade Three in Fuxin Senior high-school. The author randomly assigns the twoclasses to an experiment and a control class. The teaching in experimental class is withmethod of the contrastive analysis, while teaching in control class is directed by traditionalteaching method. The research collects data through test, questionnaires, and the data isanalyzed by SPSS. The research intends to answer the following questions:(1) What’s thebasic attitude towards influence of Chinese thinking patterns in English writing among seniorhigh-school students?(2) How do Chinese thinking patterns influence Chinese senior highschool students in their English writing?(3) Which is the better way of overcoming Chinglishof senior high school students in their learning of English writing? A comparison is madebetween two classes to collect the data. And several suggestions are given on the futureresearch:(1) The thinking patterns mentioned in the English writing, is a basic element for theforeign language learning. That is to say, the teacher should take this element into otherEnglish courses, such as listening, speaking, reading, and translating.(2) The research of theinfluence of the thinking patterns can be also designed for students from junior school anduniversity.(3) The further research should be designed on other factors for the teachers andthe researchers in the future.