| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of Research | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of Research | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Summary | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-41页 |
| ·Writing Theory | 第15-26页 |
| ·Defining Writing | 第15页 |
| ·The Nature of Writing | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Writing | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Process of Writing | 第17-18页 |
| ·Four Approaches of Writing | 第18-26页 |
| ·Discourse/Text | 第26-32页 |
| ·Text Linguistics& Discourse Analysis | 第27-30页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Text Analysis Both at Home and Abroad | 第30-32页 |
| ·Discourse Organization | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Concept of Discourse Organization | 第32页 |
| ·Classifications of Discourse Organization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Coherence Theory | 第34-40页 |
| ·The Concept of Coherence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Coherence Theory and Its Application in EFL Writing | 第35-37页 |
| ·Cohesion Theory | 第37-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis on Writing in English | 第41-47页 |
| ·Whole Situation Identified | 第41-42页 |
| ·Paragraph Development | 第41-42页 |
| ·Indirectness | 第42页 |
| ·Lack or Misuse of Discourse Markers | 第42页 |
| ·Students' Problems in Writing Test | 第42-44页 |
| ·Inappropriate Wording and Monotonous Words | 第42页 |
| ·Frequent Use of Simple Sentence | 第42-43页 |
| ·Frequent Occurrence of Chinglish | 第43页 |
| ·Lacking of Coherence and Cohesion and No Obvious Theme | 第43页 |
| ·Vague Content | 第43页 |
| ·Time Restraint | 第43-44页 |
| ·Evaluation on Accessing Scales of Writing Tests in China | 第44-46页 |
| ·Two Essentials of Good Writing | 第44-45页 |
| ·Scoring Criteria of Traditional English Tests in China | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第47-55页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第47页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第47页 |
| ·The Subject | 第47-48页 |
| ·Subject Distribution | 第47-48页 |
| ·Subject Selection | 第48页 |
| ·Data Collection Instruments | 第48页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第48-49页 |
| ·Raters and Assessing Scales | 第49-52页 |
| ·Raters | 第49页 |
| ·Chiang's Assessing Scale for L2 Composition | 第49-50页 |
| ·Suo's Seven-Type Sentence Classification | 第50-51页 |
| ·Holistic Composition Evaluation | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Quantitative Text Analysis | 第52页 |
| ·Processing Data with SPSS | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第55-73页 |
| ·Correlations of the Two Raters | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussion on the Three Writings among the Top Writing Group | 第56-61页 |
| ·Scores of Students among the Top Group | 第56-58页 |
| ·Difference between the Three Writings among the Top Writing Group | 第58-61页 |
| ·Discussion on the Three Writings among the Low Writing Group | 第61-64页 |
| ·Scores of Students among the Low Group | 第61-62页 |
| ·Difference between the Three Writings among the Low Writing Group | 第62-64页 |
| ·Comparison between the Two Writing Groups | 第64-67页 |
| ·Influence of Time Restraint on the Overall Scores between the Two Groups | 第64-65页 |
| ·Influence of Time Restraint on the Textual Coherence between the Two Groups | 第65-66页 |
| ·Influence of Time Restraint on Sentence Distribution between the Two Groups | 第66-67页 |
| ·Comparison between the Two Individual Subjects from Two Groups | 第67-68页 |
| ·Time the Students Spend on Free Writing | 第68-69页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第69-70页 |
| ·Discussion of Results | 第70-71页 |
| ·Negative Influence of Time Restraint on Text Organization | 第70页 |
| ·Importance of Encouraging Students' Free Writing Practice | 第70-71页 |
| ·Ideal Time of Testing Writing | 第71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第73页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第73页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Work | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第75-77页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第77-79页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第79页 |
