在初中英语教学中,培养学生写作(笔头交际)能力是英语教学目标之一。笔头交际是较高层次的信息交流,要求学生有较强的书面表达能力。《英语课程标准》对学生的写作能力也提出了更高要求。但目前学生英语写作能力总体来说还比较薄弱,学生惧怕写作,勉强写出的短文也往往是语法不通,条理紊乱,主题不明,还经常出现汉语式作文现象。写作是一个由浅入深,由易到难,由简到繁的训练过程,只有教 In junior high school English teaching, cultivating students’ writing skills (written communication) is one of the goals of English teaching. Written communication is a higher level of information exchange, requiring students to have a strong written ability. The “English Curriculum Standards” put forward higher requirements on the writing ability of students. However, at present, students’ ability of writing English is still rather weak. Students are afraid of writing. The essays that they barely write often include grammar problems, disorderly rules, unclear topics, and often Chinese-style essay writing. Writing is an easy-to-digest, easy-to-simple, simple to complex training process, taught only