本文以班杜拉的自我效能感理论为基础来探讨英语写作教学。学生英语写作能力的提高受到很多方面因素的影响和限制,其中最主要的影响来自学生的内部——学生的自我效能。自我效能感理论在写作教学中的恰当运用,能激发学生的写作信心,体验英语写作的成功,是英语写作教学改革的有效途径。 This article explores the teaching of English writing based on Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. The improvement of students ’writing ability in English is influenced and limited by many factors. The most important impact comes from students’ internal-student self-efficacy. The proper use of self-efficacy theory in writing teaching can stimulate students’ writing confidence and experience the success of English writing, which is an effective way to reform English writing teaching.