An Empirical Study of English Writing Strategies Used by Non-English Majors

Abstract

This thesis is a tentative resea rch report of an investigation of writing strategies employed by the college students of non-English majors. The study reported her tries to examine the frequencies of the writing strategies employed by the non-English major college students, figure out the relationship between the students' strategy use and motivational intensity as well as the difference in writing strategy use between female and male students. At last, pedagogical implications and limitations of the study were pointed out. The author also gave some suggestions on further related researches.