| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8-11页 |
| List of tables and figures | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第20-47页 |
| ·The studies on the textual coherence | 第20-22页 |
| ·Contrastive rhetoric studies on Chinese vs. English and on Chinese ESL writings vs. NES English writings | 第22-27页 |
| ·The pioneer studies on TSA | 第27-36页 |
| ·The notion of TSA | 第27-33页 |
| ·The application of TSA | 第33-36页 |
| ·The studies on ESL writing and revising | 第36-44页 |
| ·Silva's comparison between L1 and L2 writing | 第37-38页 |
| ·The social constructionist view toward L2 writing | 第38-40页 |
| ·The pedagogical studies on the revision of L2 writings | 第40-44页 |
| ·Different sources of feedback | 第40-42页 |
| ·The revision expertise of skilled vs. unskilled writers | 第42页 |
| 2 4.3.3 The effects of revision strategy instruction | 第42-44页 |
| ·The summary of the literature review | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Pilot Study | 第47-63页 |
| ·The questionnaire investigation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Findings from the writing and revising task | 第49-62页 |
| ·The task and the statistic analysis | 第49-52页 |
| ·Lack of unity in paragraphing | 第52-54页 |
| ·Lack of coherence and the development of ideas | 第54-58页 |
| ·Problematic use of cohesive devices | 第58-62页 |
| ·Summary of the pilot study | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Study | 第63-77页 |
| ·The experimental design | 第63-68页 |
| ·Null Hypothesis | 第63-64页 |
| ·Variables | 第64页 |
| ·Subjects | 第64-66页 |
| ·Instrument | 第66页 |
| ·Writing and revising tasks | 第66-68页 |
| ·Procedure | 第68-74页 |
| ·The control group | 第70-71页 |
| ·The experimental group | 第71-74页 |
| ·Raw data collection | 第74页 |
| ·Coding | 第74-76页 |
| ·Scoring | 第74-75页 |
| ·Coding of topical progressions | 第75页 |
| ·Coding of the post-experiment questionnaire investigation | 第75-76页 |
| ·Statistical analyses of the data | 第76-77页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Data Presentation and Discussions | 第77-103页 |
| ·The statistics on How to understand 'Knowledge Is Power' (Writing Ⅰ) | 第77-80页 |
| ·The statistics on Should we clone human (Writing Ⅲ) | 第80-83页 |
| ·The independent samples t-tests on both groups | 第83-85页 |
| ·The post-experiment questionnaire investigation on both groups | 第85-87页 |
| ·Discussions | 第87-100页 |
| ·The impact on content and organization | 第88-96页 |
| ·The impact on grammar, vocabulary and mechanics | 第96-99页 |
| ·The impact on the perceptions on ESL writing and revising | 第99-100页 |
| ·Further discussions | 第100-103页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第103-107页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第103-104页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第104-105页 |
| ·Limitations | 第105-107页 |
| Bibliography | 第107-115页 |
| Appendices | 第115-125页 |
| Appendix 1 The investigation questionnaire in the pilot study | 第115-117页 |
| Appendix 2 The rating criteria of College English Writing Tests Band 4 (CET-4) (Chinese version) | 第117-119页 |
| Appendix 3 Coding guidelines for Topical Structure Analysis provided by Schneider and Connor (1990: 427) | 第119-120页 |
| Appendix 4 14 published CET-4 high-scored writings | 第120-125页 |
