| CONTENTS | 第4-6页 |
| ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT (CHINESE) | 第8-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Theoretical Basis—Theme and Thematic Progression Patterns | 第13-35页 |
| 1.1 The Concept of Theme | 第13-24页 |
| 1.1.1 Definition of Theme | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1.2 Distinction of Theme and Rheme | 第17-19页 |
| 1.1.3 Classification of Theme | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2 Thematic Progression Theory | 第24-35页 |
| 1.2.1 Thematic Progression Patterns | 第24-30页 |
| 1.2.2 An Example of the Analysis of Thematic Progression Patterns in a Text | 第30-35页 |
| CHATPRE TWO Literature Review | 第35-47页 |
| 2.1 The Study of Theme and Text Structure | 第35-38页 |
| 2.2 The Study of Thematic Progression Patterns in Discourse Analysis | 第38-41页 |
| 2.3 The Study of EFL Writing and Thematic Progression Patterns | 第41-47页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A Comparative Study of Thematic Progression Patterns in the Argumentations Written by Chinese EFL Students and English Native Speakers | 第47-65页 |
| 3.1 Research Methodology | 第47-49页 |
| 3.1.1 Research Questions | 第47-48页 |
| 3.1.2 Dater Collection | 第48页 |
| 3.1.3 Data Processing | 第48-49页 |
| 3.2 Results and Discussion | 第49-65页 |
| 3.2.1 Thematic Progression Patterns in the Argumentations Written by the Two Groups | 第49-60页 |
| 3.2.2 A Comparison of the Agreement of Hyper-Theme and Macro-Theme in the Argumentations | 第60-65页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR Pedagogical Implications for EFL Writing | 第65-70页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第70-72页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第72-77页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第77-78页 |
| APPENDIX | 第78-80页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第80-81页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第81页 |
