| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Objectives and Significance | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第17页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第19-28页 |
| ·Basic Definitions | 第19-22页 |
| ·Writing | 第19-20页 |
| ·Practical Writing | 第20-21页 |
| ·Writing Ability | 第21-22页 |
| ·Research Status Quo of English Writing Ability at Home and Abroad | 第22-28页 |
| ·Research Status Quo of English Writing Ability at Home | 第23-25页 |
| ·Research Status Quo of English Writing Ability Abroad | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter III Theoretical Framework | 第28-37页 |
| ·Overview | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Ideational Metafuntion | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Metafunction | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Textual Metafunction | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metafunctions and English Writing | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter IV Research Design and Methodology | 第37-43页 |
| ·Research Goal and Corpus | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Goal | 第37页 |
| ·Research Corpus | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Subjects | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Instrument and Methodology | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Method of Questionnaire | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Method of Case Study | 第40页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter V Research Discovery and Analysis | 第43-59页 |
| ·Result Analysis of Questionnaire | 第43-49页 |
| ·Analysis of Students’ Writing Ability from Transitivity and Voice | 第43-45页 |
| ·Analysis of Students’ Writing Ability from Mood and Modality | 第45-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Students’ Writing Ability from Genre and Cohesion | 第47-49页 |
| ·Result Analysis of English Compositions | 第49-56页 |
| ·Analysis from the Ideational Metafunction | 第50-52页 |
| ·Analysis from the Interpersonal Metafunction | 第52-54页 |
| ·Analysis from the Textual Metafunction | 第54-56页 |
| ·Evaluation of Students’ English Writing Ability | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第59-64页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Application Value | 第60-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| Reference | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix I Common Middle School English Curriculum Standards (pilot) | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix II English Composition Scoring Criteria of University Entrance Exam | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix III Questionnaire | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix IV Students’ Compositions | 第72-78页 |
| Papers Published During the Study of Master Degree | 第78页 |
