| Table of Contents in English | 第1-7页 |
| Table of Contents in Chinese | 第7-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-13页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Reseach background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Major concepts | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Outline of the paper | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第19-36页 |
| ·Overview of ESL writing assessment | 第19-20页 |
| ·Two distinct methods for assessing writing ability | 第19-20页 |
| ·Direct writing | 第19页 |
| ·Indirect writing | 第19-20页 |
| ·Scoring methods in writing assessment | 第20-25页 |
| ·Mechanical method | 第20-21页 |
| ·Holistic scoring | 第21-22页 |
| ·Primary trait scoring | 第22-23页 |
| ·Analytic scoring | 第23-25页 |
| ·Empirically-based rating criteria of writing in large-scale exams | 第25-32页 |
| ·Rating criteria of writing by holistic scoring | 第25-29页 |
| ·ILR's criteria of writing assessment | 第25页 |
| ·Writing assessment for TEM 4 and 8 | 第25-28页 |
| ·Rating criteria of writing in CET 4 and 6 | 第28-29页 |
| ·Rating criteria of writing by analytic scoring | 第29-32页 |
| ·The R.S.A.C.R.E.F.L.Examination | 第29-30页 |
| ·IELTS Criteria of Assessing writing | 第30-32页 |
| ·Empirically-based rating criteria of writing by researchers | 第32-36页 |
| ·Lado's evaluation of content and style | 第32-33页 |
| ·Oller's method of rating content and organization | 第33页 |
| ·20 characteristics summarized by Breland & Jones | 第33-34页 |
| ·Weir's TEEP experience | 第34-35页 |
| ·Sasaki and Hirose's development of rating scale | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Methodology | 第36-42页 |
| ·Research design | 第36-37页 |
| ·Teacher raters | 第36-37页 |
| ·Written samples | 第37页 |
| ·Methodology | 第37页 |
| ·Procedures | 第37-41页 |
| ·Scoring without any criteria | 第37-38页 |
| ·Reeoding the key elements and retrospective interview | 第38页 |
| ·Rater training and pilot testing of the obtained rating criteria | 第38-39页 |
| ·Reliablility and validity of the study | 第39-41页 |
| ·Reliability of the present study | 第39-40页 |
| ·Validity of the present study | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion | 第42-60页 |
| ·Analysis of the first rating results | 第42-45页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis on the test scores | 第42-45页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics | 第42-43页 |
| ·Reliability analysis of the scores | 第43-45页 |
| ·Analysis of the raters' reports | 第45-51页 |
| ·Analysis of the rating criteria given by the raters | 第51-55页 |
| ·Rerating and pilot testing the criteria | 第55-58页 |
| ·Procedure | 第55-56页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis of the re-rating scores | 第56-58页 |
| ·Descriptive analysis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Reliability analysis | 第57页 |
| ·Validity analysis | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第60-66页 |
| ·Findings and implications of the research | 第60-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the current research | 第64页 |
| ·Recommendations for future research | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-74页 |
| Appendix 1 Sample 2 | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionarire | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 3 Rating Report Card l | 第73-74页 |
| 发表文章目录 | 第74-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-76页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第76-77页 |
