Application of Cognitive Theory to Information Technology - A Fruitful Way to the Teaching of English Writing

Over the past decade, information technology has provided strong support to the reform of college English teaching in China. The pursuit of digital writing can not go far if there is no theoretical input from cognitive sciences. Based on this conceptualization, we look at possible contributions that cognitive theory can make to the designing of language-related software and the development of quality teaching resources. Major issues discussed in this study include "projecting and correlating," "parameter setting and retrieving," "converging and diverging," "structuring and listing," "question-driven and mirror-image simulating models," and "onion-peeling and epistemological models."