1. Introduction 1
1.1 Nature of English writing 1
1.2 The status quo of English writing in junior middle school 1
1.3 The significance of error analysis in English writing 2
2. The errors and their causes of English writing in junior middle school 3
2.1 The common errors of English writing in junior middle school 3
2.2 The main causes of errors and mistakes in English writing 5
3. Countermeasures aiming at the common errors 12
3.1 Giving priority to precaution and keeping firmly with basic knowledge 12
3.2 Training students’ capability of self-correcting in English writing 13
3.3 Cultivating the habit and ability of English thinking 14
3.4 Interacting between the teacher and students and discussing in groups 17
3.5 Reading for appreciation and writing to imitate a sample 17
4. Conclusion 19
Acknowledgements 20
References 21
ABSTRACT
English writing, as an integrative ability, should be emphasized. However, it remains very weak in the middle school. In order to improve students’ writing quality, the author applied five measures to teaching practice, trying to help students reduce the errors’ happening. The experiment lasts two months. The subjects are 54 students in Junior Grade Three from Tongxiang Wuzhen Middle School in Zhejiang Province.
Therefore, this paper first explores the common errors in English writing of junior middle school students. And the author concludes and classifies the errors, followed by the analysis of causes. Consequently, it explores the countermeasures aiming at these common errors through a period of English teaching.
The study indicates that errors analyzing and these countermeasures are effective ways to improve the quality of English writing in the middle school.
Keywords：English writing; common errors; causes analyzing; countermeasures
