| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Background and significance | 第8-12页 |
| ·L2 (second language) writing | 第8-9页 |
| ·Difference between Chinese writing and English writing | 第9-11页 |
| ·Implicit and explicit L2 learning | 第11-12页 |
| ·Context of the problem | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Cognitive process of writing | 第15页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategies | 第15-19页 |
| ·Learning strategies and metacognitive strategies | 第15-17页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategies and writing performance | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theoretical and empirical issues in the study of explicit and implicit second language learning | 第19-27页 |
| ·Explicit and implicit memory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Explicit and implicit knowledge | 第20-22页 |
| ·At the interface: interactions of Explicit and implicit knowledge | 第22-25页 |
| ·Explicit and implicit learning | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methods | 第27-37页 |
| ·Research design | 第27-28页 |
| ·Objectives | 第27页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27-28页 |
| ·Variables | 第28页 |
| ·Procedure | 第28-32页 |
| ·Class Ⅰ-implicit training group (IG) | 第29-30页 |
| ·Class Ⅱ-explicit training group (EG) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Class Ⅲ-the control group (CG) | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data collection and processing | 第32-37页 |
| ·Quantitative data | 第32-36页 |
| ·Scoring data collection | 第32-34页 |
| ·Statistical methods for quantitative data processing | 第34-36页 |
| ·Qualitative data | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Analysis | 第37-44页 |
| ·Quantitative results and analyses | 第37-42页 |
| ·Composition tests | 第37-40页 |
| ·Reliability of test evaluation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Differences between scores of pretest and that of posttest | 第38-39页 |
| ·Differences among the experiment groups and control group in pretest and posttest | 第39-40页 |
| ·EFL writing knowledge | 第40-42页 |
| ·Qualitative results and analysis | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第44-48页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第44-46页 |
| ·Limitations | 第46页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-52页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ | 第52-53页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ | 第53-54页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ | 第54-56页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ | 第56页 |