| Acknowledgements | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Language Transfer | 第13-31页 |
| ·Definition | 第13-14页 |
| ·Manifestation | 第14-16页 |
| ·Errors and Facilitation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Avoidance and Overuse | 第15-16页 |
| ·Historical Development | 第16-18页 |
| ·Related Theories | 第18-27页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第18-20页 |
| ·Error Analysis Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Interlanguage Theory and Fossilization | 第22-23页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Psychotypology and Prototypicality | 第25-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies Abroad and at Home | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three Comparison Between Chinese and English Syntactic Structure | 第31-36页 |
| ·Hypotaxis vs. Parataxis | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relative Clause | 第32-34页 |
| ·Similar Syntactic Structures in Chinese and English | 第34-36页 |
| ·Simple Sentences | 第34页 |
| ·Object Clause | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four A Discourse-based Comparison Between Chinese and English Writing | 第36-44页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric | 第36-38页 |
| ·Spirality & Indirectness vs. Linearity & Directness | 第37-38页 |
| ·Induction vs. Deduction | 第38页 |
| ·Different Thought Patterns | 第38-42页 |
| ·Subjective Thinking vs. Objective Thinking | 第39-40页 |
| ·Ambiguous Thinking vs. Precise Thinking | 第40-41页 |
| ·Group-oriented Thinking vs. Ego-centric Thinking | 第41-42页 |
| ·Different Writing Styles | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Empirical Study | 第44-49页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第44页 |
| ·Participants and Instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45-49页 |
| ·Writing Sample Collection | 第45-46页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Six Results and Discussion | 第49-90页 |
| ·Transfer at Syntactic Level | 第49-64页 |
| ·Relative Clause | 第49-53页 |
| ·Passive Voice | 第53-59页 |
| ·Conjunctions | 第59-61页 |
| ·Object Clause | 第61-63页 |
| ·Relationship Between Positive Transfer and Negative Transfer | 第63-64页 |
| ·Transfer at Discourse Level | 第64-84页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第64-69页 |
| ·Topic Sentence | 第69-75页 |
| ·Writing Styles | 第75-77页 |
| ·Result from the Interviews | 第77-84页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第84-90页 |
| ·Proper Attitude | 第84-85页 |
| ·Adequate Language Input | 第85-86页 |
| ·Awareness of Cultural Differences | 第86-88页 |
| ·Thinking in English | 第88页 |
| ·Revision of the Writing Course for Non-English Majors | 第88-90页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第90-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-99页 |
| Published Papers | 第99-100页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第100-105页 |
