ABSTRACT:With the development of society, English learning has become more and more important. However, the situation of English learning is not positive in rural area middle school. The situation of English writing is even worse. Teaching equipment and teaching environment are two factors to affect English writing quality. On the top of that, unscientific use of writing strategies also makes English learning much worse in rural middle schools. 

In order to know the true situation of the English writing strategies use among middle school students, the author conducted research on English writing strategy use of 150 students of grade 9 in No.15 middle school and attempted to find out how to improve students’ writing strategies. Based on the analysis of the data, this essay tries to find out some ways and measures to improve students’ writing, wishing those conclusions will be helpful to improve the quality of students’ compositions in rural middle school.

Keywords: rural area; the ninth-grade students; English writing strategies; survey

摘要:随着社会的发展，英语学习在中国变得越来越重要。然而农村地区的英语学习情况却始终不容乐观。英语写作更是学生的薄弱环节。而这一现象的产生除了与教学设备和环境落后有关外，很大程度上是因为学生对英语写作策略的使用不当。

为了了解农村地区中学生英语写作策略的运用情况，本文从写作策略的相关理论出发，通过对个旧市第十五中学150名九年级学生英语写作策略使用情况的调查，结合对数据的分析，探讨了改进英语写作的途径与措施。希望以上结论对提高农村地区中学生的写作质量有所帮助。  

关键词：农村地区；初三学生；英语写作策略；调查