Effects of Writing Roadmap™ 2.0 on Teachers in English Writing Teaching

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of integrating the online assessment tool of Writing Roadmap (TM) 2.0 into English writing teaching, aiming at revealing its specific effects on teachers. Results show that the integration of WRM into teaching can help teachers monitor students' writing process and enhance teacher-student interaction, as well as reduce teachers' marking workload. On the other hand, Writing Roadmap (TM) 2.0 also poses new demands on teachers. This paper lists these new demands required of teachers and specific measures that should be taken to meet these demands, hoping to facilitate the more efficient use of Writing Roadmap (TM) 2.0 in English writing.