Author(s)

Liwei Sun

Corresponding Author

Liwei Sun

Abstract

This paper takes the analysis of the influence of the Chinese circular thought pattern and collectivism on English writing. CLEC ( Chinese learner English corpus) is used as the main source of data collection. It can be seen from the analysis that Chinese circular thought pattern and collectivism have a profound influence on English writing. A thorough understanding of the differences in thought patterns between Chinese and English will be necessary in the acquisition of English writing.

Keywords

Corpus-based, Influence, Circular thought pattern, Collectivism, English Writing.