| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One A Literature Review of Thematic Study and English Writing Research | 第16-28页 |
| ·The Study of Thematic Theory | 第16-22页 |
| ·Related thematic study by foreign scholars | 第16-21页 |
| ·Related thematic study by Chinese scholars | 第21-22页 |
| ·Researches on English Writing | 第22-28页 |
| ·Product and process writing approaches | 第23-24页 |
| ·English writing researches in China | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation: Theme and Thematic Progression | 第28-51页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第28-42页 |
| ·Identification of theme | 第28-36页 |
| ·Theme in declarative sentences | 第30-32页 |
| ·Theme in non-declarative sentences | 第32-36页 |
| ·Classification of theme | 第36-42页 |
| ·Simple theme | 第36-38页 |
| ·Multiple theme | 第38-40页 |
| ·Clausal theme | 第40-42页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第42-45页 |
| ·Thematic Progression | 第45-51页 |
| Chapter Three A Study on the Written Works of Chinese Non-English Majors | 第51-74页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第51-52页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第53-74页 |
| ·The distribution of theme types and TP patterns in different scored compositions | 第53-61页 |
| ·The relationship between thematic structures and genres | 第61-65页 |
| ·The function of themes and TP patterns in a text | 第65-74页 |
| Chapter Four Strategies for the Integration of Thematic theory into English Writing Teaching | 第74-88页 |
| ·The Reading-based Stage: Improving Writing through Reading | 第74-77页 |
| ·The Exercise-based Stage: Improving Writing through Classroom Practices | 第77-83页 |
| ·Exercises for information management | 第77-80页 |
| ·Exercises for thematic cohesion | 第80-83页 |
| ·The Writing Stage: Improving Writing through Writing itself | 第83-88页 |
| Conclusion | 第88-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-97页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第97页 |
