英语写作被广泛视为一种高层次的语言交际能力。为了提高大学英语专业学生的写作水平,我国高校英语专业在逐步加强学生的写作训练,采用的方法之一就是加大他们的写作量。王初明等人(2000)认为,写长作文不仅可以提高中国学生英语写作能力,还是提高他们整体英语水平的切实可行的途径。但是,随之而来的是Joy Reid(2001)称为“英语写作教学的核心”问题——教师如何处理大量的学生作文。解决这个问题需要考虑诸多因素,其中最显著的是 English writing is widely regarded as a high-level language communicative competence. In order to improve the writing proficiency of college English majors, one of the methods adopted by college English majors in our country is to step up their writing training. Wang et al. (2000) argue that writing long essays can not only improve Chinese students’ English writing ability, but also provide practical ways to improve their overall English proficiency. However, what follows is what Joy Reid (2001) calls the “core of English writing” problem - how teachers deal with a large number of student essays. There are many factors to consider in order to solve this problem, most notably