英语是一门重要的国际化语言,因此学好英语至关重要,而实现以上目标的关键则是对学生进行听说读写等各方面能力的培养,而培养学生的写作能力则是教学的重点和难点。基于此,广大的成人高校英语教育工作者也在积极探求有效提升学生英语写作能力的对策,其中就包括了借助英美文学作品来培养学生的写作能力,并且取得了较好的教学成效。下面将详细地探讨语言和英美文学的相关性,并指出学生写作能力培养的重要性,同时提出英语专业学生写作能力培养过程中,英美文学作品所发挥的优势,促进英语教学成效的提升。 English is an important international language. Therefore, learning English well is crucial. The key to achieving these goals is to cultivate students ’abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Training students’ writing ability is the key point of teaching. And difficult. Based on this, the majority of adult college English education workers are also actively seeking ways to effectively improve students ’writing ability in English, including the use of British and American literary works to cultivate students’ writing skills, and achieved good teaching effectiveness. In the following, the relevance between English and American literature will be discussed in detail, and the importance of cultivating students ’writing ability will be pointed out. At the same time, the author puts forward the advantages that English and American literature play in the cultivation of English majors’ writing ability and promotes the improvement of English teaching effectiveness.