| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 The Motivation of this study | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1.1 The importance of English writing | 第12-14页 |
| 1.1.2 The researcher’s teaching experience | 第14-15页 |
| 1.1.3 The desire to foster learner’s social cooperative skills. | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 The Significance of the study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-31页 |
| 2.1 The theoretical bases for the study | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.1 The constructivist learning theory | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Language and language acquisition theory | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Social Interactionism | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Cooperative learning | 第22-27页 |
| 2.2.1 History of cooperative learning | 第22页 |
| 2.2.2 Definitions of cooperative learning | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.3 Major methods of cooperative learning | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.4 Major characteristics of cooperative learning | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.5 Empirical studies on cooperative learning | 第27页 |
| 2.3 Cooperative learning and writing | 第27-31页 |
| 2.3.1 The writing process | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Constructivist view of writing | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.3 Cooperative learning and writing | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第31-42页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第31页 |
| 3.2 Quantitative design | 第31-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Participants | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.1.1 Students | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.1.2 Teachers | 第32页 |
| 3.2.2 Instrument | 第32页 |
| 3.2.3 Teaching materials | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.4 Treatment | 第33-38页 |
| 3.2.5 Procedures of data collection and analysis | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Qualitative design | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3.1 Subjects | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3.2 Instrument | 第40页 |
| 3.3.3 Procedures of data collection and analysis | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and discussion | 第42-51页 |
| 4.1 Effects of cooperative learning on English writing learning and teaching | 第42-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Comparisons between EC and CC in the pre-test | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.2 Comparisons between the pre-test and the post-test in CC | 第43页 |
| 4.1.3 Comparisons between the pre-test and the post-test in EC | 第43页 |
| 4.1.4 Comparisons between EC and CC in the post-test | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Attitude towards CL and opinions about its effects on English writing | 第44-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Attitude towards the cooperative learning approach | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2.2 Opinions about the effects of CL on English writing | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2 Limitations for the research | 第52-53页 |
| 5.3 Implications for learning and teaching of English writing | 第53页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for further studies | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第62页 |
