| Chinese abstract | 第1-4页 |
| English abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Figures and tables: | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One :Introduction: | 第13-17页 |
| 1．1 Significance of the Research Problem | 第13-16页 |
| 1．2 Justification and Purposes of the Present Research | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two: Theoretical Reviews Relative to the Present Research | 第17-28页 |
| 2．1 What's Metacognitive Strategy? | 第17-24页 |
| 2．1．1． A Definition of Strategy | 第17页 |
| 2．1．2． A Definition of Learning Strategy | 第17-18页 |
| 2．1．3． A Definition of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy | 第18-19页 |
| 2．1．4． Description of Metacognitive Strategies | 第19-23页 |
| 2．1．5． Language Learning Strategies as Cognitive and Metacognitive | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2． What's English Writing? | 第24-26页 |
| 2．2．1． Definition | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2．2． Patterns of English Writing | 第25-26页 |
| 2．3． Historical Trends in Second Language Writing Instruction | 第26-28页 |
| 2．3．1 The Grammar Translation Method | 第26页 |
| 2．3．2 The Direct Method and The Audio-lingual Method | 第26-27页 |
| 2．3．3 The Natural Approach | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three: Relations between Metacognitive Strategy and English Writing | 第28-47页 |
| 3．1 Metacognitive Strategy and Teaching of Writing | 第28-37页 |
| 3．1．1． Learner Metacognitive Strategy Training | 第28-34页 |
| 3．1．2． Previous Studies on Successful Metacognitive Strategy Use | 第34-35页 |
| 3．1．3． Successful Approaches of Teaching of Writing Based on Metacognitive Strategies | 第35-37页 |
| 3．2． Relations between Metacognitive Strategy and Improving the Ability of Writing | 第37-47页 |
| 3．2．1． Teaching Students to Use Metacognitive Strategies | 第37-38页 |
| 3．2．2． Approaches to Writing:Beginning and Planning Writing | 第38-41页 |
| 3．2．3． Approaches to Writing: Imaginative Writing in Response to Texts | 第41-43页 |
| 3．2．4． Approaches to Writing:Spelling and Vocabulary Building | 第43-44页 |
| 3．2．5． Approaches to Writing:Process Writing | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Four: Investigations and Analysis | 第47-52页 |
| 4．1 Rationale for Quantitative and Qualitative Design | 第47-50页 |
| 4．1．1 Research Design | 第47-48页 |
| 4．1．2 Variables in the study | 第48页 |
| 4．1．3 Class Setting | 第48-49页 |
| 4．1．4 Treatment | 第49页 |
| 4．1．5 Interview | 第49-50页 |
| 4．2 Result | 第50-52页 |
| 4．2．1 Quantitative Analysis | 第50-51页 |
| 4．2．2 Qualitative Analysis | 第51-52页 |
| 4．2．3 Summary | 第52页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion and Implications | 第52-54页 |
| 5．1 Findings | 第52页 |
| 5．2 Suggestions for Further Studies | 第52-54页 |
| REFERENCES | 第54-60页 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 第60-62页 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 第62-64页 |
