Study of Memetics in the Teaching of ESL Writing

Abstract

Memetics is a new theory for interpreting cultural evolution. A meme is a unit of cultural transmission, like gene, is also subject to the selection ``the survival of the fittest'', which is copied through the imitation among vectors, only the strong memes can be survived. This infectivity of memes provides a close connection between memes and the process of second language learner's acquisition.