| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Current Situation of College Students' English Writing | 第11-12页 |
| ·Relevant Factors Contributing to the Low Quality of Chinese Students' English Writing | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·An Overview of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background | 第15-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Discourse | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Definition of Cohesion and Coherence | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Cohesion | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Coherence | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Theories of Discourse Transfer | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Definition of Language Transfer and Discourse Transfer | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Effects of Discourse Transfer | 第22-24页 |
| ·Positive Transfer | 第22-23页 |
| ·Negative Transfer | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Discourse Transfer | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three A Contrastive Analysis between Chinese and English Writing at Discourse Level | 第27-37页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis at Discourse Level | 第27页 |
| ·A Comparison between English and Chinese writing at Discourse Level | 第27-37页 |
| ·A Comparison between English and Chinese at Discourse Patterns | 第28-36页 |
| ·Typical English Discourse Patterns | 第28-32页 |
| ·Typical Chinese Discourse Patterns | 第32-36页 |
| ·A Comparison between English and Chinese writing at Cohesion and Coherence | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four An Investigation of Transfer at Discourse Level in Chinese College Students' English Writing | 第37-50页 |
| ·Research questions of the study | 第37-38页 |
| ·Description of Subjects | 第38-39页 |
| ·Instrument | 第39-41页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第41-43页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Results | 第43-50页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Discussion of the Investigation | 第50-57页 |
| ·Correlation between Discourse Transfer Awareness and Positive Discourse Transfer | 第50-53页 |
| ·Correlation between Discourse Transfer Awareness and Negative Discourse Transfer | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Six Pedagogical Implications | 第57-64页 |
| ·Raising the Awareness of Discourse Difference between English and Chinese | 第57-59页 |
| ·Developing Discourse Competence | 第59-64页 |
| ·Developing Discourse Competence through Critical Reading with Contrastive Awareness | 第59-61页 |
| ·Developing Discourse Competence through Writing Exercises | 第61-63页 |
| ·Developing Discourse Competence through Practicing Reorganization Exercises | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix A Comparison of Two National Approaches to the Problem of Icy Roads | 第71页 |
