| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstracts | 第5-10页 |
| Abbreviations in the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| I. Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| 1. The role of Writing in English Language Teaching | 第11页 |
| 2. The Present State of teaching Writing in China | 第11页 |
| 3.The Need for Research on Teaching Writing | 第11-13页 |
| II. Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·Cooperative Learning and Relevant Theories | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Conception of Cooperative Learning | 第13-14页 |
| ·The advantages of Cooperative Learning in Language Learning | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationales for Cooperative Learning | 第15-16页 |
| ·Writing as a Productive Skill & Approaches of Teaching Writing | 第16-18页 |
| ·Writing as a productive skill | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Process Approach to Writing | 第17页 |
| ·A communicative approach to writing | 第17-18页 |
| ·Feature of Cooperative Approach to Writing | 第18-20页 |
| ·Conceptions of Cooperative Learning | 第18页 |
| ·The Feature of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Writing | 第18页 |
| ·The Feature of Cooperative Learning in Writing | 第18-19页 |
| ·Comparison between Cooperative Learning and Traditional Pedagogy about Writing | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summery | 第20-21页 |
| III. Methodology | 第21-29页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Subjects | 第21页 |
| ·Instruments | 第21-22页 |
| ·Pre-test and Post-test | 第21页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第21-22页 |
| ·Field notes | 第22页 |
| ·Procedures | 第22-29页 |
| ·The formation of Cooperative Learning Groups | 第22-23页 |
| ·Teaching and Training of Cooperative Skills | 第23-24页 |
| ·Teaching Procedures | 第24-27页 |
| ·Collaborative Group work with Projects Outside Class | 第27-29页 |
| IV. Results and Discussion | 第29-41页 |
| ·Analysis of the Test Result | 第29-32页 |
| ·Analysis of Pre-test | 第29-30页 |
| ·Analysis of Post-test | 第30-32页 |
| ·Analysis of the Two Questionnaires | 第32-36页 |
| ·Students’ Feedback on CL | 第32-33页 |
| ·Students’ perception of self- esteem in English Writing | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Roles of Teachers and the Students | 第34-36页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples about Field Notes | 第36页 |
| ·Discussion | 第36-38页 |
| ·Implication of CL in writing | 第38-41页 |
| ·Suggestions on the Implementation of Cooperative Learning | 第38页 |
| ·Methods for successful organization of Cooperative Learning | 第38-41页 |
| V. Conclusions | 第41-43页 |
| ·Summary of the Research | 第41页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第41-42页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第42-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-45页 |
| Appendix I | 第45-47页 |
| Appendix II | 第47-48页 |
| Appendix III | 第48-49页 |
| Appendix IV | 第49-50页 |
| Appendix V | 第50-52页 |
| Appendix VI | 第52-55页 |
| Appendix VII | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix VIII | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第58页 |
