In this study the author draws on Jane Willis’ TBL framework and examines its effects on the improvement of EFL learners’ writing competence when such a framework is applied to college writing classrooms in Chinese EFL settings, and thus tentatively explores the feasibility of the task-based approach to the teaching of EFL writing. Results of this study are derived from discussion concerned wit...

Handwriting experts are usually required to differentiate between authentic and forged signatures. Therefore, it is important to develop an objective system to identify forged handwriting, or at least to identify those handwritings that are likely to be forged. Forgers often forge handwriting in terms of shape and size by carefully copying or tracing the authentic handwriting. We hypothesize, t...

This is a skeletal and opinionated description of paper writing. Take from it the good things, and disregard the bad things. 1 First Draft The hardest thing about writing a paper (in my experience) is getting a first draft written. In particular, if there are proofs, the hard part means getting some draft of a proof written down on paper, not necessarily with every detail included. It is not ne...

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Writing is a demanding, personal task. Any piece of writing, scientific or not, assumes the personality and philosophy of the writer. All writing styles are more or less arbitrary, and preferences vary widely. One cannot argue that a single style or approach is best, for the variations (even with ‘‘good’’ writing) are infinite. However, all agree that clear, concise writing most effectively com...

in expecting much from their joint labours. The work before us is divided into two portions, the first embracing the history, classification, statistics of insanity, is from the pen of Dr. Tuke; the remaining chapters, which treat of the diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of mental disorders, are by Dr. Bucknill. Our space will not allow us to do more than briefly refer to some of the more imp...

Writing for a medical journal is an exciting moment because it represents the outcome and recognition of an ardous process. Only through a clear and through writing can a research be translated properly to clinical practice for the benefit of the patient community. Writing an article by an author and publishing an article by an editor are both key quality issues. Both of them should know the ex...