| With the development of the times and the further strengthening of international communication,English writing has become an increasingly important means of communication,meanwhile writing reflects a person’s comprehensive ability to use English.However,English writing has always been seen as the hardest part to learn and to teach by students and teachers,especially in secondary vocational school.Production-Oriented Approach（POA）is a localization theory proposed by Professor Wen Qiufang for Chinese English learners.It’s effectiveness has been widely verified by experts and scholars in high-level English learners.So far,there are few researches on the application of POA on secondary vocational students’ English writing.Through the analysis of secondary vocational school’s textbooks and exam content,the researchers found that practical writing are one of the most common genres in English writing in secondary vocational schools.In order to explore it’s effectiveness on secondary vocational students’ English writing,the researcher conducted the following research.According to Wang Qiang’s action research classification,this research adopts the Directed Action Research,and conducts three rounds of action research in one semester based on the theory of POA.In this study,36 students are selected as the research objects to explore the effect of POA on the improvement of students’ English writing ability and the promotion of writing interest.They all in a class in the first grade of the secondary vocational school in Hohhot,Inner Mongolia.We try to answer two questions: 1.Will the production-oriented approach improve student’s English writing ability who study in secondary vocational school?2.Whether or not the production-oriented approach can improve students’ interest in English writing who study in secondary vocational school? The research process mainly includes: first,refer to the existing research literature and together with two experienced teachers apply production-oriented approach to secondary vocational school’s English writing teaching.The teaching design of the English writing class includes three rounds of action research during one semester;Second,carry out teaching design under the guidance of POA;Finally on the basis of three rounds of action research,data is collected and analyzed,then the researcher can draw conclusions.The three rounds of action research is a spiral process.During this process,the researcher solved the problem of insufficient participation,negative performance in the process of comprehending materials,and insufficient understanding of input materials through three rounds of action research,etc.Finally,after three rounds of action research,the researcher summarized the research question in a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.The results show that the production-oriented approach can improve student’s English writing ability from three aspects: language,content and text structure,meantime it has the greatest impact on the structure of students’ English practical writing,also POA can improve students’ interest in English writing.Although this action research has achieved certain research goals,there are still some problems,such as: the number of research students is limited;The researcher,as the implementer of the teaching process,teaching ability is limited;the duration of action research is limited,etc.The researcher hope that in the future,the research scale can be expanded,researcher’s teaching experience can be enriched,meanwhile,under the condition of extending research time,the application of POA in all aspects of English writing teaching can be conducted more detailed and in-depth research. |
