Strategies on Continuation Writing for Students’ English Achievement

Abstract

The methods of traditional language writing from words and phrases to sentence structures without
inner thought of the learners make students bored with studies and inactive in language activities,
thus resulting in the ineffectiveness of language application. Continuation Writing was put forward to
improve students’ language application by leading students to plot their own stories according to the
given context, to make language learning meaningful and exciting for them. Many researches have
witnessed its positive effects on students’ English achievement. For all that, the introduction of
Continuation Writing in the reform of National Matriculation English Test (NMET) in China triggers
discussion at various levels. Their concerns mainly center on the practical strategies of this method. By
employing the method of combining theory with practice, questionnaire and interview, the authors
compared the statistics before and after the strategy training. They proved the effects of Continuation
Writing strategies in improving students’ interest in English and English writing, and raising the
chances of students’ participation in English activities.