Author(s)

Deng Hongxia

Corresponding Author

Deng Hongxia

ABSTRACT

This paper first elaborates on the theory and method of genre analysis and Swales' creation of discourse space model, and uses the English writing submitted in the English writing course of 60 college students in a university as the experimental data for quantitative analysis. The relationship between Swales’ creation of discourse space research and college students' English writing is of great help to improve college students 'ability of writing English and control the whole length of college students' English writing.

KEYWORDS

College students’ English writing, Swales, discourse space, correlation analysis