The Application of Transitional Devices in English Writing Teaching

Abstract

Writing a logical article is influenced by many factors, among which transitional devices play a vital role. As modern English grammar expands the grammar research field from lexical and syntactic study to the study of article structure, it requires the development of paragraph and articles be logical in structure and coherent in meaning. To achieve this goal, it is not enough to combine some complicated sentences and words in English. So, how to make a paragraph or a sentence naturally transit to another arouses many researchers’ attention. The use of transitional words makes the text well-organized. Since English are different from Chine in structure, it is necessary to arouse Chinese students’ awareness in understanding and using of transitional words in writing. This paper is to study the definition, classification and application of the transitions in English writing teaching.