Enlightenment of Theme-Rheme Theory to English Writing Teaching

摘要

Among the four skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing of English learning, writing is the weakest link for the Chinese students. From one of the theories of system-functional linguistics, i.e. the theme-rheme theory, an effective solution is explored and the application of theme-rheme theory in reading and writing can improve the students' writing ability. With China joining the WTO, more and more people have emphasized the improving of English writing ability. According to the large-scale and high-creditability CT 4 nationwide, although the passing rate of CET increases overall, the average score of writing is lower than other scores. According to the sampling investigation on the score of nationwide CET-4 unified examination of undergraduate students in a key university and ordinary university in a province in June 2004, it can be seen that the writing had the lowest score, indicating that the writing level of students is asynchronous with other abilities.