Differences of English and Chinese as Written Languages and Strategies in English Writing Teaching

The size of both the United States and China guarantees that many people will communicate in English and Chinese.But those two common languages do not guarantee perfect communication in writing practice for several reasons.This paper explores the factors resulting in non-understandable communication of English and Chinese as written language, and some strategies applied by English teachers when training students' English writing. Index Terms-differences, English, Chinese, written language, strategiesNo one knows exactly how many languages are used in today's world.According to one estimate, there are about 3,000 to 4,000 spoken languages.Each differs in sound, grammar, and sentence construction as well as writing style.English and Chinese, which are the most commonly used languages in the world have some factors that influence a good understanding in oral and written communication both in and between these two languages.Especially in business writing, there are some differences in writing style that attract our attention. I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE THINKING MODEThe thinking patterns are one of the most important cues in culture.It is closely related to cultures and embodies the characteristics of cultural psychology."The ways of thinking is quite different, actually, people live in certain area have their own way of thinking.It connects to various kinds of factors, such as geography, history, nation and so on.The ways of thinking are the important reason of cultural difference.It includes knowledge, concepts, methods, language and custom and so on."(Deng Yanchang, 1997) Besides, the modes of thinking also are closely related to language.Different modes of thinking are embodied in language.Therefore, the ways of thinking have their own characteristics.The differences of the thinking patterns between Chinese and English nations can be approached and considered from various viewpoints.Here are but a few instances for illustration.