| ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·The present situation of non-English majors' writing in China | 第8-11页 |
| ·Significance of the thesis | 第11页 |
| ·General organization of the thesis | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Basis and Related Research | 第14-32页 |
| ·Views on definition of errors | 第14-15页 |
| ·Errors and mistakes | 第15-16页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis | 第16-18页 |
| ·Error analysis | 第18-25页 |
| ·The theory of error analysis | 第18-20页 |
| ·Views on the description of errors | 第20-24页 |
| ·Significance of error analysis | 第24-25页 |
| ·The previous researches on the error analysis of EFL learners' writings | 第25-30页 |
| ·Research on the proportion of language errors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research focusing on one kind of language errors | 第26-28页 |
| ·Research on the common errors in Chinese ESL learners' writings | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research questions | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Method | 第32-40页 |
| ·Classification of errors | 第32-36页 |
| ·Errors at the substance level | 第32页 |
| ·Errors at the lexical level | 第32-33页 |
| ·Errors at the grammatical level | 第33-34页 |
| ·Errors at the cohesive and coherent level | 第34-35页 |
| ·Errors at the level of idiomatic expressions | 第35-36页 |
| ·QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH | 第36-40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-38页 |
| ·Judges | 第38页 |
| ·Procedure | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第40-44页 |
| ·Overall ranks | 第40页 |
| ·Correlation between the five groups of errors | 第40-42页 |
| ·Difference between the high-score and the low-score compositions | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Data Analysis | 第44-61页 |
| ·Analysis of lexical errors | 第44-53页 |
| ·Analysis of the reasons for the high frequency of lexical errors | 第44-45页 |
| ·Analysis of the causes of students' lexical errors | 第45-53页 |
| ·Analysis of the high correlation between cohesive errors and Chinglish expressions | 第53-56页 |
| ·Differences between Chinese and English conjunctive ties | 第53-55页 |
| ·Conjunctive errors in the sample compositions | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analysis of the difference between high-score and low-score students' compositions | 第56-61页 |
| Chapter Six Implication | 第61-68页 |
| ·Significance of errors in L2 learning | 第61页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第61-68页 |
| ·Implications on lexical teaching | 第61-64页 |
| ·Suggestions on helping students write idiomatic English | 第64-66页 |
| ·Implicaitions on the correction of students' writing | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Publications | 第70-71页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第71-72页 |
| References | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第76-78页 |
