English writing proficiency is an important skill for undergraduate students in universities in China. A great deal of researches have been devoted to study the current English writing practices in universities in China. Chinese undergraduate students are reported to have certain difficulties and challenges in writing in English, such as incoherence in English writing, improper use of learned vocabulary, and lack of logical connections and conjunctions among sentences. Most of the studies focus on non-English-majors, but studies on English-majors are quite limited. This study investigates English writing difficulties among undergraduate English-majors in China by employing a literature review of recent related publications. We also invited 30 professional English writing teachers in universities in China to take interviews to explore the difficulties in English writing among undergraduate English-majors. The results show that great difficulties lie in limited choice of vocabulary and sentence types, and incoherent and incohesive structure organization. The findings of this study will help teachers to better understand current English writing practices of undergraduate English-majors in universities in China. Based on the findings of this study, suggestions for teaching strategies are also provided to improve English writing for undergraduate English-majors in China.
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