%0 Journal Article
%T Investigating the Planning and Translating Processes in Foreign Language Reading-to-Write
%A Pucheng Wang
%J Advances in Literary Study
%P 141-149
%@ 2327-4050
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/als.2022.102011
%X This study looked at how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writers formulated macro and micro writing plans, as well as how they translated abstract ideas into concrete linguistic forms while completing a reading-to-write task. Results showed that most of the participants engaged in planning and translating processes during task completion. They appeared to focus on planning the text¡¯s content, with little thought given to the intended readers or the piece¡¯s genre and style. There is also evidence that the participants used micro-planning processes when planning at the sentence and paragraph levels, with the processes of selecting and connecting being used frequently to aid the micro-planning process. The results of the micro-planning process may have been stored in the minds of the participants in the form of abstract thoughts, which were then likely translated into verbal forms.
%K Second/Foreign Language Writing
%K Integrated Writing Tasks
%K Macro-Planning
%K Micro-Planning
%K Translating
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=115702