[摘 要]：

二语写作一直是二语习得领域中一个重要的研究课题。即使已经被研究了将近半个世纪，它依然值得探讨。本文旨在回答下列两个问题：首先，母语文化对中国大学生英语写作还有影响吗？其次，它是如何影响的？笔者对60名英语专业大四学生的作文进行了分析研究。这份调查共有两个部分：它们分别依据被调查者的作文以及调查问卷对母语文化的影响进行了分析。结果表明：母语文化对大学生英语写作依然产生一定的负面影响，文章对今后的二语写作教学提出了一些可行性建议，旨在提高中国大学生英语写作水平。
 
[关键词]：母语文化；不同点；思维模式；大学生；英语写作；影响

Abstract:

During the last few decades, the effects of Chinese culture on English writing for Chinese college students has being a key issue in the field of second language acquisition. It is still controversial even though it has been discussed for a half century. This thesis aims to answer these questions: 1) Does Chinese culture still affect the English writing of Chinese students? 2) How are the effects revealed in their writing? The author makes an analysis of 60 argumentative essays of Chinese English majors in the forth year study in University. The research is made up of two parts. They are the effects of Chinese culture on students’ writing and a questionnaire respectively. The results demonstrate that Chinese culture still exerts strong effect on students’ writing. This thesis put forward some feasible suggestions for the further teaching, aiming at improving English writing of Chinese college students.
 
Key words: Chinese culture; differences; thinking patterns; college students; English writing; effects

1.    Introduction
Writing is one of the most important means of communication with increasingly frequent; contact between different cultures. Writing in foreign language is widely needed in various fields in China. How to develop good writing skills and write successfully across cultures has become the major problem for Chinese English learners.
    In college, many students excel in reading and grammar, but they do not have the same proficiency in writing, which is considered to be the most difficult language skill. In fact, Chinese students apply what they have learned in Chinese writing to English writing unconsciously. So, writing in English has drawn more and more attention of teachers and researchers. They all tried to find where the problems lie and how to improve students’ writing ability. Writing in a foreign language is an interaction of language, thinking and culture. Since students learned how to writing in English after they have acquired their mother tongue, which has largely shaped their thinking patterns, they tend to carry their Chinese way of thinking into their English writing. Owing to the increasingly frequent communication with western countries and the wide use of English in China, Chinese is inevitably influenced by English and its culture. Chinese students get more English exposures than ever before. They started to learn English in, even before primary school. And they have more access to English through books, media, and communication with foreign friends. Therefore, we need to analyze students’ writing in this new situation.