| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Overview of the Current Situation of the Teaching of College English Writing | 第12-15页 |
| ·Problems Existing in the Teaching Process | 第12-13页 |
| ·Students' Difficulties in Writing | 第13页 |
| ·Lack of Efficient Input and Writing Strategies | 第13-14页 |
| ·Importance of Teaching Writing | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-29页 |
| ·Some Theories on English Writing | 第15-17页 |
| ·Nature of Writing and L2 Writing | 第15-16页 |
| ·Various Types and Purposes of Writing | 第16页 |
| ·Ralationship of Writing to the Other Three Skills | 第16-17页 |
| ·Development of Writing Instruction and Research | 第17-19页 |
| ·Task-Based Teaching Approach | 第19-29页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic Basis for Task-Based Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·Basic Concepts of Task-Based Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Advantages of the Task-Based Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Implementation of Task-Based Approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·Implementation of Task-Based Approach in Teaching of Writing | 第25-26页 |
| ·Task Design | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Experimental Study | 第29-36页 |
| ·Purpose and Hypotheses of the Experiment | 第29页 |
| ·Participants Description | 第29-31页 |
| ·Schedule of the Research Procedure | 第31页 |
| ·Design of the Tasks | 第31-32页 |
| ·Directions for Implementing a Task | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Four Data Collection and Analysis | 第36-55页 |
| ·Sources of Data | 第36页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第36-38页 |
| ·Design of the Questionnaires | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Questionnaire Results | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analysis of the Newspapers Edited by the Experimental Class | 第38-43页 |
| ·How the Experimental Class Outperformed the Control Class | 第38-40页 |
| ·Why the Experimental Class Outperformed the Control Class | 第40-43页 |
| ·Quantitative Data | 第43-55页 |
| ·Description of the Quantitative Data | 第43-46页 |
| ·Quantitative Data Analysis | 第46-55页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Discussion | 第55-62页 |
| ·Findings | 第55-59页 |
| ·Increase of Students' Interest and Motivation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Effect of Task-Based Approach in Improving Writing Proficiency | 第56-59页 |
| ·Limitations and Problems of This Research | 第59-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第69-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
