| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-23页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Definitions | 第18-21页 |
| ·Sentence Pattern Imitation | 第18-20页 |
| ·Explicit Instruction of Sentence Pattern Imitation | 第20页 |
| ·Syntactic Errors and Lexical Errors | 第20-21页 |
| ·Oeganization of This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第23-33页 |
| ·Studies of the Method of Imitation in Writing | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies of Linguistic Patterns | 第25-27页 |
| ·Studies of Explicit Instruction | 第27-28页 |
| ·Studies of Error Correction | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies of Writing Teaching in China | 第31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第33-53页 |
| ·Research Design | 第33-35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-38页 |
| ·Site Selection | 第35页 |
| ·Subject Sampling | 第35-38页 |
| ·Teaching Materials | 第38-42页 |
| ·Teaching Materials for EG | 第39-41页 |
| ·Teaching Materials for CG | 第41-42页 |
| ·Teaching Method | 第42-45页 |
| ·Implementation of the Experiment | 第45-47页 |
| ·Teaching Time and Teaching Contents for EG | 第45-46页 |
| ·Teaching Time and Teaching Contents for CG | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data-collection | 第47-51页 |
| ·Pretest | 第47-48页 |
| ·Posttest | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Evaluating Criterions for the Pretest and the Posttest | 第49-51页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第53-74页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question One | 第53-64页 |
| ·Comparison of Employing Sentence Patterns in Pretest between EG and CG | 第54-56页 |
| ·Comparison of Employing Sentence Patterns between Pretest and Posttest within EG | 第56-59页 |
| ·Comparison of Employing Sentence Patterns between Pretest and Posttest within CG | 第59-61页 |
| ·Comparison of Employing Sentence Patterns in Posttest between EG and CG | 第61-63页 |
| ·Conclusion about Research Question One | 第63-64页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question Two | 第64-72页 |
| ·Comparison of Syntactic and Lexical Error Occurrence in Pretest between EG and CG | 第65-66页 |
| ·Comparison of Syntactic and Lexical Error Occurrence between Pretest and Posttest within EG | 第66-68页 |
| ·Comparison of Syntactic and Lexical Error Occurrence between Pretest and Posttest within CG | 第68-71页 |
| ·Comparison of Syntactic and Lexical Error Occurrence in Posttest between EG and CG | 第71-72页 |
| ·Conclusion about Research Question Two | 第72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第74-84页 |
| ·Main Findings of the Research | 第74-78页 |
| ·Findings from Research Question One | 第74-76页 |
| ·Findings from Research Question Two | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implications | 第78-81页 |
| ·Theoretical Inplications | 第78-80页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第80-81页 |
| ·Limitations | 第81-82页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Studies | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-87页 |
| Appendixes | 第87-111页 |
| Appendixes Ⅰ Pretest | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Posttest | 第89-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Classification of Some Frequently Used English Sentence Patterns | 第91-92页 |
| Appendixes Ⅳ Curriculum for EG | 第92-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Curriculum for CG | 第99-103页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Answers for Reference to Pretest and Posttest | 第103-105页 |
| Appendix Ⅻ Raw Data of EG and CG's NMET Scores and Pretest and Posttest Results | 第105-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ Recalculated Numbers of CG and EG's Syntactic and Lexical Errors against 100 Sentences in Pretest and Posttest | 第109-111页 |
| 附录 | 第111-112页 |
