| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第9页 |
| ·The present English writing teaching in No.4 Middle School, the city of Xilinhot | 第9-11页 |
| ·The purpose and significance of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-32页 |
| ·General review | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Concept of Writing | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Essential Feature of Writing | 第14页 |
| ·The Writing Requirement in New Curriculum Standards | 第14-16页 |
| ·Related Theory | 第16-27页 |
| ·Error | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Error | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Corder’s Classification of Errors | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Significance of Errors | 第20页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis Theory | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Foundation of Contrastive Analysis | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Theory and Methods of Contrastive Analysis | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Significance of Contrastive Analysis | 第23页 |
| ·The limitations of Contrastive Analysis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Error Analysis Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Error Analysis Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Interlanguage | 第25-26页 |
| ·Steps of Error Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| ·The limitations of EAT in this research | 第27页 |
| ·Present Research | 第27-32页 |
| ·Foreign empirical researches on difficulty in ESL writing | 第27-28页 |
| ·Domestic empirical researches on difficulty in ESL writing | 第28-30页 |
| ·Middle school students’ empirical researches on difficulty in ESL writing | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第32-35页 |
| ·The aim of this research | 第32页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32页 |
| ·The subjects of this research | 第32-33页 |
| ·The instruments and procedures | 第33-34页 |
| ·Analysis of student work | 第33页 |
| ·The questionnaire investigation | 第33页 |
| ·Teaching and research activity | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data collection | 第34页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Results from the Research | 第35-50页 |
| ·Analysis of student work | 第35-40页 |
| ·The meanings of the errors | 第35-37页 |
| ·The scale composition quality evaluation | 第37-39页 |
| ·The main difficulties in English writing | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data of questionnaire and results | 第40-45页 |
| ·The questionnaire | 第40-41页 |
| ·The result | 第41页 |
| ·A survey on the difficulties and their causes in English writing | 第41-45页 |
| ·Teaching and research activity | 第45-50页 |
| Chapter Five Countermeasures and discussion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Attaching importance to the teaching of writing | 第50页 |
| ·Improving the vocabulary and phrases teaching and learning | 第50-51页 |
| ·Encouraging the recitation of good sentences, good paragraphs, and good articles | 第51页 |
| ·Intensifying the grammar teaching | 第51页 |
| ·Qualifying teachers for writing teaching in the light of local conditions | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-54页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第53页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions to further research | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-61页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第59-61页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第61页 |
