A Review of Recent Research on the Cultivation of Postgraduates’ Academic English Writing Ability in China

Abstract

With the continuous deepening of cross-cultural academic exchanges, English academic papers have become an important medium for international academic communication. As an emerging force in the academic community, the academic English writing ability of Chinese postgraduates is the key to their international academic exchanges. As non-native English speakers, the importance of cultivating academic English writing skills among postgraduates in China has become increasingly prominent and has become a hot topic in domestic academic English research. Therefore, this article will sort out the literature on cultivating graduate students' academic English writing ability published in core journals in China in the past two decades, and review the latest research situation in China. This review mainly categorizes relevant literature from three aspects: research objects, research methods, and research perspectives. The results shows that: (1) the selected research mainly focused on non English major postgraduates as the research subjects; (2) The selected research mainly adopts qualitative analysis research methods; (3) The research on the teaching mode of cultivating academic English writing ability is the main research perspective in this field. The results indicate that in recent years, there have been two hot topics in this field of research in China: research on the cultivation of academic English writing ability for science and engineering postgraduates and research on the cultivation of academic English writing ability based on genre analysis theory. Based on the analysis of the results, it was found that the cultivation of graduate students' academic English writing ability has received continuous attention from scholars. This field should develop towards multiple perspectives and dimensions, and strengthen applied research.Overall, these findings indicate that effectively improving the academic English writing ability of Chinese postgraduates is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed in current domestic academic English research and postgraduates academic capacity building. This review aims to sort out the research in this field in China in recent years, discuss the current research trends, and provide insights for researchers in the forefront of academic English writing ability cultivation.