| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Synopsis | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction: A Review of FL Education in China | 第14-22页 |
| 1．1 A review of FL teaching research in China | 第14-16页 |
| 1．2 Existing problems in our writing pedagogy | 第16-18页 |
| 1．3 The aim of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| 1．4 The structure of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| 1．5 Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of the Length Approach | 第22-31页 |
| 2．1 Definition | 第22页 |
| 2．2 Pedagogical ideologies | 第22-26页 |
| 2．3 Measures of implementation | 第26-28页 |
| 2．4 Scholar appraisal | 第28页 |
| 2．5 Empirical studies | 第28-29页 |
| 2．6 Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three The Western L2 Writing Theory and the Length Approach | 第31-44页 |
| 3．1 Brief history of composition studies | 第31-32页 |
| 3．2 A sketch of the western L2 writing theory | 第32-38页 |
| 3．3 The expressionist approach and the Length Approach | 第38-41页 |
| 3．4 The cognitive approach and the Length Approach | 第41-42页 |
| 3．5 Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four The Notion of "Writing to Learn" and the Length Approach | 第44-60页 |
| 4．1 The value of writing | 第44-47页 |
| 4．2 Evolution of writing pedagogy | 第47-49页 |
| 4．2．1 Product-oriented approach | 第47页 |
| 4．2．2 Process-oriented approach | 第47-48页 |
| 4．2．3 Genre-oriented approach and process-genre-oriented approach | 第48-49页 |
| 4．2．4 Integration of product-process approach | 第49页 |
| 4．3 The assumption behind the Length Approach-the notion of "writing to learn" | 第49-59页 |
| 4．3．1 The notion of "writing to learn" | 第49-55页 |
| 4．3．1．1 Definition | 第50-52页 |
| 4．3．1．2 The relationship between writing and learning | 第52-53页 |
| 4．3．1．3 Writing as heuristic in learning | 第53-55页 |
| 4．3．2 The Length Approach as a model of "writing to learn" | 第55-59页 |
| 4．3．2．1 Conceptual changes | 第55-58页 |
| 4．3．2．2 Constraints on the implementation of the Approach | 第58-59页 |
| 4．4 Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion: Implications for Our FL Teaching and Further Study | 第60-66页 |
| 5．1 Implications for our FL teaching research | 第60-63页 |
| 5．2 Further study | 第63-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |
