| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| A List of Tables | 第6-7页 |
| Abbreviations Used in This Thesis | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Statement of the Problem and Structure of the Thesis | 第11-17页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem | 第11-13页 |
| ·Reasons for the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definition of the Terms Used in This Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review:EFL Writing Instruction,Second Language Acquisition,Autonomous Learning and Internet | 第17-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·The Definition of Writing | 第17-18页 |
| ·An Overview of Approaches to Writing Instruction | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Critical Overview of Foreign Language Writing Research on Pedagogical Approaches | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Product-oriented Approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Task-based Approach | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Process-based Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition Theory Related to the Study | 第22-25页 |
| ·Exposure Condition in Language Learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Interaction View | 第23页 |
| ·Motivation | 第23-25页 |
| ·Advocacy of Autonomous Learning | 第25-33页 |
| ·The Theoretical Setting | 第25-26页 |
| ·Autonomous Learning—Concepts and Characteristics | 第26-28页 |
| ·What is Autonomous Learning? | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Autonomous Learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Distinctions among Autonomy,Self-instruction and Distance Learning | 第28-29页 |
| ·Fostering Autonomous Learning in English Writing via Internet | 第29-30页 |
| ·An Overview of the Researches in Autonomous Leaning | 第30-31页 |
| ·A New Area of Autonomous Learning Research:Out-of-class | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Objective and Design of the Project | 第33-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Research Aims and Objectives | 第33页 |
| ·The Map of the Research Project | 第33-35页 |
| ·Rationale for the Design of the Experiment | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Material | 第36-37页 |
| ·Methods | 第37-39页 |
| ·Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第39-40页 |
| ·Interview | 第40页 |
| ·English Writing Tests | 第40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Administration of the Pretest and the Posttest of English Writing | 第41页 |
| ·Interview | 第41页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-44页 |
| ·Analysis of the Pretest and the Posttest of English Writing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Interview | 第43页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Presentation of the Results | 第45-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·The Presentation of the Results | 第45-56页 |
| ·The Report of Questionnaire of the Students' Attitude toward the Activity | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Results of the Students' Writing Skills | 第48-52页 |
| ·The Pretest Results of the EG and the CG | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Posttest Results of the EG and the CG | 第50页 |
| ·The Results Comparison of the Pre/Post Tests for the EG and the CG | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Presentation of Interview | 第52-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion | 第57-66页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57页 |
| ·Review of the Proposed Questions | 第57页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion on the Three Research Questions | 第57-65页 |
| ·On the First Research Question | 第58-60页 |
| ·On the Second Research Question | 第60-62页 |
| ·On the Third Research Question | 第62-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第66-72页 |
| ·Introduction | 第66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第66-68页 |
| ·Findings Concerning the Students' Attitude toward the Activity | 第66页 |
| ·Findings Concerning the Students' Writing Skills | 第66-67页 |
| ·Findings Concerning the Students' Motivation and Autonomous Learning Ability | 第67页 |
| ·Other Findings | 第67-68页 |
| ·Drawbacks | 第68页 |
| ·Methodological Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Conceptualization of Writing Capacity | 第69-70页 |
| ·Small Sample Size | 第70页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第70-71页 |
| ·Macro-level Studies | 第70-71页 |
| ·Micro-level Studies | 第71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第74-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-85页 |
