| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·The state of English writing in China | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第15-38页 |
| ·Researches on writing | 第15-23页 |
| ·Nature of writing | 第15-17页 |
| ·Pedagogical studies on the teaching of writing | 第17-23页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the teaching of writing | 第23页 |
| ·Process-oriented approach | 第23-30页 |
| ·Definition of the process-oriented approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation for the process-oriented approach | 第25-28页 |
| ·Stages in the process-oriented approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cooperative learning | 第30-38页 |
| ·Definition of cooperative learning | 第30-33页 |
| ·Rationale for cooperative learning | 第33-34页 |
| ·Application of cooperative learning in writing | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter III Research Design | 第38-53页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38-39页 |
| ·Instruments of the research | 第39-40页 |
| ·Two questionnaires | 第39页 |
| ·Five-composition test | 第39页 |
| ·Final examination | 第39-40页 |
| ·Procedures | 第40-53页 |
| ·The research procedure | 第40-41页 |
| ·The writing process | 第41-53页 |
| ·Prewriting | 第42-43页 |
| ·Drafting | 第43-44页 |
| ·Peer reviewing | 第44-46页 |
| ·Revising | 第46-48页 |
| ·Teacher commenting | 第48-51页 |
| ·Publishing | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter IV Data Presentation and Results Analysis | 第53-58页 |
| ·Data collected from the two questionnaires | 第53-56页 |
| ·Data collected from the five compositions | 第56-57页 |
| ·Data collected from the final examination grades | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion and Implication | 第58-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62-70页 |
| Appendix 1. Assessing standards for English writing | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix 2. Questionnaire statements related to writing attitudes and beliefs Appendix 3. The materials for the five compositions | 第65-67页 |
| APPendix 3. The materials for the five eomPositions | 第67-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-76页 |
