An empirical study on the application of memetics to the teaching of college English writing
Zeyun Huang
- 01 Jan 2016
- Vol. 25, pp 01015
TL;DR: This article examined the influence of language memes on the development of Chinese college students' English writing proficiency through an empirical study and found that students instructed by the framework of teaching writing with memetics obtain an obvious improvement in their overall writing proficiency.
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Abstract: Memes, the replicator of culture and information, and basic unit of culture, are copied, spread, transmitted and finally survives through imitation among vectors. The replication and transmission of memes have some resemblance to the process of second language acquisition. This paper examines the influence of language memes on the development of Chinese college students’ English writing proficiency through an empirical study. The study reveals that students instructed by the framework of teaching writing with memetics obtain an obvious improvement in their overall writing proficiency, compared with those who are instructed by the traditional method, that students’ awareness of using memes is greatly enhanced, and that language memes are significantly correlated to the students’ performance in the post-test writing. Singular language memes can be easily transmitted; memetic genotype prevails in EFL learners’ essay writing.
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