1实验的缘起与设计外语专业学生的思辨缺席已是学界普遍认识到的问题。如何解决这一问题需要英语教学多层面的改进与改革。写作是培养、检查学生思辨能力的重要手段。在多年的英语教学中,我们发现学生的英语作文除了语法错误以外,最头疼的问题是逻辑混乱、思想贫乏、枯燥无味、想象力单一、不忍卒读。针对这些问题,我们进行了一项基于汉语随笔的英语写作实验,试图探寻如 1 The origin of the experiment and the design Absence of speculation of foreign language students has been generally recognized in the academic community. How to solve this problem needs the improvement and reform of English teaching in many aspects. Writing is an important means of training and examining students’ ability of speculation. In English teaching for many years, we find that the most troublesome problems of students’ English essay besides grammatical errors are confused logic, impoverished thought, boring imagination and unimaginability. In response to these problems, we conducted a Chinese essay-based English writing experiment, trying to explore such as