| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND FIGRES | 第8-9页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·THE RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第10-11页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第11页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第11-12页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-26页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS OF SOME KEY TERMS | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Genre | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definitions of “Move” and “Strategy” | 第15页 |
| ·Genre Analysis and Three Traditions of Genre Analysis | 第15-18页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第18-22页 |
| ·Hasan’s GSP Analysis Model | 第18-19页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric (CR) | 第19-20页 |
| ·Hofstede’s Value Dimensions and Hall’s Low-high Context | 第20-22页 |
| ·PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON PERSONAL STATEMENT | 第22-25页 |
| ·Definitions of Personal Statement | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Research on Personal Statement | 第23-25页 |
| ·Betty Samraj and Lenore Monk’ analysis on Personal statement | 第23-24页 |
| ·Huiling Ding’s Analysis of Personal Statement | 第24页 |
| ·Yijia’s Analysis of personal statement | 第24-25页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第26-36页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第26-27页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHODS | 第27页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第27-28页 |
| ·PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF PS | 第28-36页 |
| ·The Preliminary Analysis of PS Written by CA | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Preliminary Analysis of PS Written by AA | 第32-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第36-64页 |
| ·MOVE ANALYSIS OF PS | 第36-49页 |
| ·Move analysis of PS Written by Chinese Applicants | 第37-45页 |
| ·Move analysis of PS Written by American Applicant | 第45-49页 |
| ·GSP OF PERSONAL STATEMENTS | 第49-52页 |
| ·SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SAMPLES | 第52-56页 |
| ·Similarities | 第52-53页 |
| ·Differences | 第53-56页 |
| ·EXPLANATIONS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SAMPLES | 第56-64页 |
| ·Cultural and Social Factors | 第56-59页 |
| ·Different Thinking patterns | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-64页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第64-68页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH | 第64页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第64-66页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第66-68页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第68-70页 |
| REFERENCES | 第70-74页 |
| APPENDIX I | 第74-78页 |
| APPENDIX II | 第78-82页 |
| APPENDIX III | 第82-84页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ | 第84-86页 |
| APPENDIX V | 第86-88页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅵ | 第88-90页 |
| APPENDIX VII | 第90页 |
