the use of wikipedia in developing college students’ english writing

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1、TheUseofWikipediaindevelopingCollegeStudents’EnglishWriting　　Abstract：ThisarticleintroducesthepotentialuseofWikipediaindevelopingtheskillsofwritingforcollegeEnglishlearnersthroughtheprocessofcomposinganarticleforthisweb-basedencyclopediasite.InproducingatextforWikipedia，studentscangai

2、narealsenseofreader-awarenessandenjoythesatisfactionofseeingtheirworkpublishedonaglobalwebsite.　　Keywords：Wikipedia；CollegeEnglish；Writing　　中图分类号：H319文献标识码：A文章编号：1672-1578（2013）05-0003-02　　1ThepotentialuseofWikipediainCollegeEnglishwriting　　WhatisWikipedia？Thetermwikireferstoacollabor

3、ativeweb-basedspacethatcanbemodifiedbyanyuser.Oneofthemostwell-knownwebreferencesourceisWikipedia，theonlineencyclopediathatincludes262differentlanguageeditionsandover12millionarticles.Launchedin2001，Wikipediahasbecomeapopularreferencesourceforgeneralinformationonawiderangeoftopics.Art

4、idesinWikipediarangeinlengthfromoneortwosentencestomorethan10，000words.10　　TheWikipediawebsitedescribesthecollaborativecomposingprocessasfollows：Visitorsdonotneedspecializedqualificationstocontribute.Wikipediasintentistohavearticlesthatcoverexistingknowledge，notcreatenewknowledge（orig

5、inalresearch）.ThismeansthatpeopleofallagesandculturalandsocialbackgroundscanwriteWikipediaarticles.MostofthearticlescanbeeditedbyanyonewithaccesstotheInternet.Anyoneiswelcometoaddinformation，cross-references，orcitations，aslongastheydosowithinWikipedia’seditingpoliciesandtoanappropriat

6、estandard.（Wikipedia2009）　　DespiteWikipedia’spopularitywiththegeneralpublic，thesitehasreceivedasomewhatnegativereputationincertainacademiccircles，whereinstructorsoftencriticizestudentswhouseWikipediaasaprimaryresearchsourceorevenincorporatelargeamountsofWikipediatextintotheirownwritin

7、g.itisdifficulttodenytheusefulnessofthesiteasageneralreference.Evenmoreimportantly，WikipediaoffersanexcellentforumforstudentstobeginconfrontingthechallengesofEnglishwriting：research，citation，genericconventions，andstyle.　　ThisarticledescribesanapproachtointroducetheskillsofwritingforEn

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