Kaplan曾提出了英语思维呈直线型,而东方语言思维呈螺旋型的观点,并指出二语学习者英文写作体现母语思维特征。本文对大一新生英语写作进行分析,验证了Kaplan关于语篇模式和思维模式的观点,指出其具有一定的局限性。 Kaplan proposed that English thinking be linear and oriental thinking be a spiral, pointing out that second language learners’ English writing embodies the thinking features of native language. This paper analyzes the freshmen ’s English writing, verifies Kaplan’ s viewpoints on the discourse mode and thinking mode, and points out that it has some limitations.