| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Significance | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Outline of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-28页 |
| 2.1 Definitions of Related Terms | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Second Language and Second Language Writing | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Empirical Research and Non-empirical Research | 第20页 |
| 2.1.3 Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research and Mixed Research | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.4 Focus Entities | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Reviews on Second Language Writing in China | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Reviews of Research Methods | 第23页 |
| 2.2.2 Reviews of Focus Entities | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Prominency and Deficiency of Previous Reviews in China | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Previous Reviews on Second Language Writing Overseas | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Reviews of Theory, Methodology and Methods | 第26页 |
| 2.3.2 Reviews of Focus Entities | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第28-34页 |
| 3.1 Data | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Selection of Journals | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Selection of Articles | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2 Research Methods | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Identity Criterion of Research Methods and Focus Entities | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Research Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 Inter-coder Reliability Estimate | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第34-55页 |
| 4.1 Research Methods in Second Language Writing Research Articles | 第34-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Distribution of Empirical Research and Non-empirical Research | 第37-39页 |
| 4.1.2 Distribution of Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Research | 第39-44页 |
| 4.2 Content Theories in Second Language Writing Research Articles | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Focus Entities in Second Language Writing Research Articles | 第46-53页 |
| 4.3.1 Writing | 第48-51页 |
| 4.3.2 Writers | 第51页 |
| 4.3.3 Readers | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3.4 Multiple Entities | 第52-53页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第55-59页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings and Implications | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第57-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-63页 |
