| 独创性声明 | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| List of tables | 第9-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Background of the topic selecting | 第10-11页 |
| ·he importance of the college students' English writing | 第10页 |
| ·Problems in college students' English writing | 第10-11页 |
| ·General view on writing | 第11页 |
| ·The purpose of the topic selecting | 第11-13页 |
| ·General ways of developing paragraphs | 第12页 |
| ·An introduction to Thematic Progression | 第12页 |
| ·The purpose of the topic selecting | 第12-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-27页 |
| ·Research on discourse coherence | 第13-19页 |
| ·Research on discourse coherence abroad | 第13-16页 |
| ·Research on discourse coherence at home | 第16-19页 |
| ·Research on thematic progression | 第19-25页 |
| ·General concept of theme and theme | 第19-20页 |
| ·Frantisek Danes' theory of Thematic Progression | 第20-21页 |
| ·The main models of thematic progression | 第21-24页 |
| ·The application of thematic progression | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comments on the application of thematic progression | 第25页 |
| ·Problems in the study of text coherence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Possible trends of development on text coherence research | 第26-27页 |
| 3 Theory Basis | 第27-34页 |
| ·Some relative materials of Halliday's functional grammar | 第27-30页 |
| ·Constituency in writing | 第27-28页 |
| ·Three lines of meaning in the clause | 第28-30页 |
| ·The study of principles for the exchange of information | 第30-32页 |
| ·Face and politeness phenomena | 第32-34页 |
| 4 Research Design (the application of thematic progression in writing) | 第34-45页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第34页 |
| ·Subject of the Experiment | 第34页 |
| ·Instruments for the Experiment | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Process of the Experiment | 第35-44页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第44-45页 |
| 5 Results and Discussion | 第45-47页 |
| ·Regularity of the usage of some models of thematic progression | 第45页 |
| ·Problems in the experiment | 第45-46页 |
| ·Advantages of applying thematic progression in the college student compositions | 第46页 |
| ·Discussion on the selection and the definition of the topic | 第46-47页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| ·Major findings | 第47-48页 |
| ·Practical implication | 第48页 |
| ·Significance | 第48页 |
| ·Questions to be further explored | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-55页 |
| Appendixes | 第55-72页 |
| A. General explanation on the four types of writing | 第55-56页 |
| B. Model essays of the four types of writing | 第56-64页 |
| C. Some good compositions of the students | 第64-67页 |
| D. More specific examples of application of thematic progression in analyzing a discourse | 第67-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
