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1、Effects of Differences between Chinese and Western Thinking Modes on College English Writing孙静【Abstract】Duetohistory，culture，philosophyandotherreasons，ChineseandWesternformdifferentthinkingmodes.ItisobviousthatChinesecollegestudentsareaffectedbyChinesethinkingmodesintheirEnglishwriting，whichisalsoam
2、ajorproblemforcollegeEnglishwriting.ThisthesiswillexploreeffectsofdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodesoncollegestudentsEnglishwritingwithacontraststudy.Atthesametime，thethesiswillputforwardsomecountermeasurestocultivateEnglishthinkingmodesandimproveEnglishwritingabilities.【Keywords】diffe
3、rencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes；countermeasures；Englishwriting1.IntroductionSeveralyearsago，somescholarsinCaliforniamadearesearchofChinesestudentsEnglishessays；itshowedthatalthoughChinesestudentsdidnthaveproblemsinthestructureofsentences，theyarenotgoodatwritingEnglishessayslogically.Them
4、ainproblemisChinesestylewriting.Althoughthiskindofessaysisflowing，theyhavemistakesofcollocationandotherobviousdrawbacks.ThesemistakescantbeexplainedbygrammarrulesandtheyarecausedbythedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes.WiththepopularityoflearningEnglish，manyscholarsandprofessorsinourcou
5、ntryhavestartedtopayattentionontheprojectofdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes.2.DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternThinkingModes2.1CircularThoughtandLinearThoughtChinesethinkingmodedependsoninstinct.Chinesepeoplewouldliketoelucidatesomethingfromindirectways.Thismodestatesenvironmentfir
6、stlyandpointskeyinformationintheend.ThereasonisthatChinesethinkingmodestartswithdetails.Chinesepeopletendtousedetailsstepbystep.Chinawasunderthecontroloffeudalsocietyinalongterm，andpeoplehavetosuppresstheirownpersonality.Peopledontdaretoexpresstheirrealideas，andtheyarecautioustoeveryone.However，west
7、ernthinkingmodeisstraightforward，whichisusedtoputtingthekeypointonthebeginningofthesentence，thenreplenishingallkindsofsymbols.Westernthinkingmodestartswiththekeyinformation.Westernpeopleliketocollateinformationinalinearway；theidealwayistoarrangeinformationalongone-dimensionalspace.2.2SubjectiveThoug
8、htandObjectiveThoughtChineseusuallyusespersonexpressionmethod.Whenthepersonisobvious，itcanbeconcealedoromitted.However，Englishattachestheimportancetothedistinctionbetweensubjectandobject，stressesobjectandfairdescription，andshowsthingsinanobjectivetone.So，itusuallyusesobjectiveexpressionmethod.Thisis
9、thereasonwhyChineseusesmoreactivesentenceswhileEnglishusesmorepassivesentences.WhenEnglishpeoplesay“Iwastoldthatwewouldgotopicnicthisweekend.Chinesepeopleusuallysay“Shetoldmethatwewouldgotopicnicthisweekend.InChinese，peoplewhobehaveareimportantthanpeoplewhobear.ButinEnglish，theuseofpassivevoiceisinh
10、ighfrequency.2.3AnalyticThoughtandHolisticThoughtChinastraditionalphilosophythinksthattheworldisanentirety.Therefore，itsthinkingmodeandspeechviewpointsareinclinedtoseekentiretyandgeneralization.OneofthecharacteristicsofChinesethinkingmodeisanalyticthought.Onthecontrary，westernpeoplesthoughtis“separa
11、tionofheavenandman，payingattentiononindividualsindependenteffectsanddetailanalysis，fromsmalltobig，partstoentirety.Westernstraditionalphilosophystressesonindividualconsciousnessandregardsobjectsascenter.3.MeasuresforTreatingDifferencesonCollegeEnglishWriting3.1CultivatingCross-culturalConsciousnessTh
12、ereisasentencethatalmostallAmericansknow：Whenyouredown，youarenotnecessarilyout.ButmanyEnglishlearnersdontunderstanditsmeaning；thereasonisthattheydontknowtheculturalbackground.Intheboxinggame，iftheboxerarefallenbytheopponentandhedoesntstanduntilthejudgecountsto10，helosesthegame.However，inmanysituatio
13、ns，thefallencompetitorwillcompeteagainbeforethejudgecountingto10.Therefore，thesuperficialmeaningofthissentenceis：Itdoesntmeanthatyoulosethecompetitionwhenyouaredown.Itsmoralis：youmaynotlosethechanceofbeingsuccessfulwhenyoureintrouble.Thisshowsthatlinguisticexpressionoriginatesfromlifebackground.Know
14、ingculturalbackgroundisthepremisetounderstandlanguage.Oneofthedifficultiesinlearningforeignlanguageistocombinethelanguagewithitsbackground.So，itisimportanttocultivatethecross-culturalconsciousnesswhenlearninglanguage.Inordertocultivatestudentscross-culturalconsciousness，teacherscancreateenvironmenta
15、ndbuildculturalatmosphere.Inthisenvironment，everyonehastouseEnglishtocommunicatewithothers.Itcanhelpstudentsformwesternthinkingmode.Intheclass，teacherscanalsocompareculturaldifferencesandintroducetheknowledgeofbackground.3.2CombiningWritingwithReadingStudentsalwayscomplainthattheycantwritethepassage
16、withessentialconnotationintheprogressofwriting.Thefundamentalreasonisthatstudentsdontaccumulatesufficientlanguageintheirdailylife.Writingisusuallyregardedaslinguisticoutput，andthereasonlanguagecantbeexportedisthelackoflinguisticinput.Thedirectwayforimprovinginputistoincreasereading.onlyaccumulateenoughrelatedmaterialscanwewritepassageswithessentialcontents.Usually，Englishjournals，Englishmagazinesandliteraryworkscanbeusedasmaterialswhichcannotonlyp
