Effects of Differences between Chinese and Western Thinking Modes on College English Writing孙静【Abstract】Duetohistory，culture，philosophyandotherreasons，ChineseandWesternformdifferentthinkingmodes.ItisobviousthatChinesecollegestudentsareaffectedbyChinesethinkingmodesintheirEnglishwriting，whichisalsoamajorproblemforcollegeEnglishwriting.ThisthesiswillexploreeffectsofdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodesoncollegestudentsEnglishwritingwithacontraststudy.Atthesametime，thethesiswillputforwardsomecountermeasurestocultivateEnglishthinkingmodesandimproveEnglishwritingabilities.【Keywords】differencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes；countermeasures；Englishwriting1.IntroductionSeveralyearsago，somescholarsinCaliforniamadearesearchofChinesestudentsEnglishessays；itshowedthatalthoughChinesestudentsdidnthaveproblemsinthestructureofsentences，theyarenotgoodatwritingEnglishessayslogically.ThemainproblemisChinesestylewriting.Althoughthiskindofessaysisflowing，theyhavemistakesofcollocationandotherobviousdrawbacks.ThesemistakescantbeexplainedbygrammarrulesandtheyarecausedbythedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes.WiththepopularityoflearningEnglish，manyscholarsandprofessorsinourcountryhavestartedtopayattentionontheprojectofdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternthinkingmodes.2.DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternThinkingModes2.1CircularThoughtandLinearThoughtChinesethinkingmodedependsoninstinct.Chinesepeoplewouldliketoelucidatesomethingfromindirectways.Thismodestatesenvironmentfirstlyandpointskeyinformationintheend.ThereasonisthatChinesethinkingmodestartswithdetails.Chinesepeopletendtousedetailsstepbystep.Chinawasunderthecontroloffeudalsocietyinalongterm，andpeoplehavetosuppresstheirownpersonality.Peopledontdaretoexpresstheirrealideas，andtheyarecautioustoeveryone.However，westernthinkingmodeisstraightforward，whichisusedtoputtingthekeypointonthebeginningofthesentence，thenreplenishingallkindsofsymbols.Westernthinkingmodestartswiththekeyinformation.Westernpeopleliketocollateinformationinalinearway；theidealwayistoarrangeinformationalongone-dimensionalspace.2.2SubjectiveThoughtandObjectiveThoughtChineseusuallyusespersonexpressionmethod.Whenthepersonisobvious，itcanbeconcealedoromitted.However，Englishattachestheimportancetothedistinctionbetweensubjectandobject，stressesobjectandfairdescription，andshowsthingsinanobjectivetone.So，itusuallyusesobjectiveexpressionmethod.ThisisthereasonwhyChineseusesmoreactivesentenceswhileEnglishusesmorepassivesentences.WhenEnglishpeoplesay“Iwastoldthatwewouldgotopicnicthisweekend.Chinesepeopleusuallysay“Shetoldmethatwewouldgotopicnicthisweekend.InChinese，peoplewhobehaveareimportantthanpeoplewhobear.ButinEnglish，theuseofpassivevoiceisinhighfrequency.2.3AnalyticThoughtandHolisticThoughtChinastraditionalphilosophythinksthattheworldisanentirety.Therefore，itsthinkingmodeandspeechviewpointsareinclinedtoseekentiretyandgeneralization.OneofthecharacteristicsofChinesethinkingmodeisanalyticthought.Onthecontrary，westernpeoplesthoughtis“separationofheavenandman，payingattentiononindividualsindependenteffectsanddetailanalysis，fromsmalltobig，partstoentirety.Westernstraditionalphilosophystressesonindividualconsciousnessandregardsobjectsascenter.3.MeasuresforTreatingDifferencesonCollegeEnglishWriting3.1CultivatingCross-culturalConsciousnessThereisasentencethatalmostallAmericansknow：Whenyouredown，youarenotnecessarilyout.ButmanyEnglishlearnersdontunderstanditsmeaning；thereasonisthattheydontknowtheculturalbackground.Intheboxinggame，iftheboxerarefallenbytheopponentandhedoesntstanduntilthejudgecountsto10，helosesthegame.However，inmanysituations，thefallencompetitorwillcompeteagainbeforethejudgecountingto10.Therefore，thesuperficialmeaningofthissentenceis：Itdoesntmeanthatyoulosethecompetitionwhenyouaredown.Itsmoralis：youmaynotlosethechanceofbeingsuccessfulwhenyoureintrouble.Thisshowsthatlinguisticexpressionoriginatesfromlifebackground.Knowingculturalbackgroundisthepremisetounderstandlanguage.Oneofthedifficultiesinlearningforeignlanguageistocombinethelanguagewithitsbackground.So，itisimportanttocultivatethecross-culturalconsciousnesswhenlearninglanguage.Inordertocultivatestudentscross-culturalconsciousness，teacherscancreateenvironmentandbuildculturalatmosphere.Inthisenvironment，everyonehastouseEnglishtocommunicatewithothers.Itcanhelpstudentsformwesternthinkingmode.Intheclass，teacherscanalsocompareculturaldifferencesandintroducetheknowledgeofbackground.3.2CombiningWritingwithReadingStudentsalwayscomplainthattheycantwritethepassagewithessentialconnotationintheprogressofwriting.Thefundamentalreasonisthatstudentsdontaccumulatesufficientlanguageintheirdailylife.Writingisusuallyregardedaslinguisticoutput，andthereasonlanguagecantbeexportedisthelackoflinguisticinput.Thedirectwayforimprovinginputistoincreasereading.onlyaccumulateenoughrelatedmaterialscanwewritepassageswithessentialcontents.Usually，Englishjournals，Englishmagazinesandliteraryworkscanbeusedasmaterialswhichcannotonlyp