| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 The significance and purpose of the study | 第11-13页 |
| 1.3 English writing in Senior High Schools | 第13-19页 |
| 1.3.1 The requirements of High Schools' writing teaching in the National English Curriculum | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3.2 The problems of English writing in Senior High Schools | 第14-19页 |
| 1.4 The organization of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-39页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on English writing teaching aboard and at home | 第21-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous studies on English writing teaching aboard | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous studies on English writing teaching at home | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on scaffolding teaching abroad and at home | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous studies on scaffolding teaching abroad | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous studies on scaffolding teaching at home | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Theoretical backgrounds | 第27-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Scaffolding theory and the Zone of Proximal Development | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3.2 Vygotsky's social constructivism | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4 Scaffolding-based English writing teaching in Senior High Schools | 第31-39页 |
| 2.4.1 The major functions of scaffolding | 第34-35页 |
| 2.4.2 The requirements of scaffolding teaching to teachers | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第39-42页 |
| 3.1 Hypotheses | 第39页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第39页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3.1 Pre-test | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3.2 Post-test | 第40页 |
| 3.3.3 Questionnaire | 第40页 |
| 3.3.4 Interview | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Data Collection and Analysis | 第42-51页 |
| 4.1 Data | 第42-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Data collected from the pre-test | 第42页 |
| 4.1.2 Data collected from the post-test | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.3 Data collected from the interview | 第43页 |
| 4.1.4 Data collected from the questionnaire | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Analysis | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2.1 The analysis of the result of pre-test | 第44页 |
| 4.2.2 The analysis of the result of post-test | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.3 The comparison between the data from the pre-test and post-test | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.4 The analysis of the data from the interview | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2.5 The analysis of data from the questionnaire | 第48页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第51-59页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2 Implications and Limitations | 第52-57页 |
| 5.2.1 Implications | 第52-57页 |
| 5.2.2 Limitations | 第57页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-71页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第71页 |
