As the language activity of writing, this paper has listed up these three items and had the explanation for each. 1. copying and spelling 2. dictation 3. composition The first two items, "copying and spelling" and "dictation" are, so to speak, initial terminal behaviors as opposed to the final terminal one (for example, creative writing or free compo- sition) and they are originally very important. However, in spite of their importance and indispensability for the acquirement of English basic skills, these have been treated lightly in general in everyday English teaching procedure. This fact will be taken up and then the absurdity of this will be presented with some explainable examples. In "composition", the author has firstly set up an attainable goal for average students of junior high school by distinguishing productive vocabulary and sentence patterns from receptive ones and, secondaly shown how to manipulate practically these separation. The last chapter, "The Speciality of English Education in School, and Language Activity", will present with two or three authentic examples what we teachers can and should do in the course of English teaching at school.
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