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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.11.003
Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China
The topic sentence, playing a guiding and restricting role in the development and organization of the paragraphs, conveys the central idea of the authors’ writing plan. Using the topic sentence in English writing is in line with westerners’ straightforward thinking habits and expressions. It can also help Chinese English learners organize their language and express their viewpoints more clearly and orderly. In China, researchers mainly focus on the use of topic sentences among college students, while there are few studies on the use of topic sentences of senior high school students, and fewer empirical studies have conducted on them. Through consulting, it was found that many senior students misuse topic sentences, such as not using topic sentences, placing topic sentences in inappropriate positions, using incomplete topic sentences, and failing to play a leading role in the use of topic sentences. Based on the problems found above, the author investigated the use of topic sentences about English writing among the Senior One students’ in senior high schools.
Senior One students, English compositions, the topic sentence, applied research
LIU Li-ping, An Investigation on the Application of Topic Sentences in Senior One’s English Compositions—A Case Study of X Senior School in Leshan City in China. US-China Foreign Language, November 2025, Vol. 23, No. 11, 400-404 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.11.003
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