| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| English Summary | 第7-8页 |
| Chinese Summary | 第8-9页 |
| A List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Abbreviations Used in This Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Introduction and Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Current Situation of the Study at the College Level | 第13-14页 |
| ·Writing as the Target Skill | 第14页 |
| ·Definitions of Some Critical Terms | 第14-17页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第18页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Relevant Literature Review | 第19-34页 |
| ·Introduction of Portfolio | 第19-20页 |
| ·Identification of Portfolio | 第20-23页 |
| ·Definition of Portfolio | 第20页 |
| ·Characteristics of Portfolio | 第20-22页 |
| ·Basic Characteristics of Portfolio | 第20-22页 |
| ·Flexibility—One More Characteristic | 第22页 |
| ·Two Stages of Portfolio—Process Writing Portfolio and Product Writing Portfolio | 第22-23页 |
| ·Process Writing Portfolio | 第22-23页 |
| ·Product Writing Portfolio | 第23页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment | 第23-27页 |
| ·Introduction of Assessment | 第23-24页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—A Mixture of "Assessment of Learning" and "Assessment for Learning" | 第24页 |
| ·Assessment of Learning | 第24页 |
| ·Assessment for Learning | 第24页 |
| ·Portfolio for Assessment and Instruction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Two Basic Reasons for Doing Portfolio | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Relationship between Portfolio with Assessment and Instruction | 第25页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—A Combination of Other Assessments | 第25-27页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—Alternative Assessment | 第26页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—Performance Assessment | 第26页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—Authentic Assessment | 第26-27页 |
| ·Portfolio Assessment—Formative Assessment | 第27页 |
| ·Portfolio as a Pedagogical Strategy for Promoting Autonomy | 第27-31页 |
| ·Autonomy | 第28页 |
| ·Characteristics of Learner Autonomy | 第28页 |
| ·Writing Portfolio—Pedagogical Strategy for Developing Autonomous Language Learners | 第28-31页 |
| ·Reflection | 第29-30页 |
| ·Self-Assessment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity of Portfolio | 第31页 |
| ·Benefits of Writing Portfolios to Students | 第31-32页 |
| ·Weaknesses of Writing Portfolios | 第32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第34-45页 |
| ·Overview | 第34-35页 |
| ·Proposing Hypothesis and Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第36-40页 |
| ·Pretest | 第36页 |
| ·Process Writing Portfolio | 第36-40页 |
| ·Demonstrating the Idea of Writing Portfolio | 第37页 |
| ·Analyzing Needs | 第37页 |
| ·Defining Writing Portfolio Goals | 第37-38页 |
| ·Setting Criteria | 第38-39页 |
| ·Training Self-Assessment and Reflection | 第39页 |
| ·Conferencing between Teacher and Students | 第39页 |
| ·Conducting Questionnaires | 第39-40页 |
| ·Product Writing Portfolio | 第40页 |
| ·Posttest | 第40页 |
| ·Data Collection Instruments | 第40-44页 |
| ·Pretest and Posttest | 第41-42页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第42页 |
| ·Conference Records,Self-Assessment and Reflective Statements | 第42-44页 |
| ·Conferences | 第42-43页 |
| ·Self-Assessment and Reflective Statements | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data Analysis Methods | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Presentation and Discussion | 第45-67页 |
| ·Pretest | 第45-47页 |
| ·Posttest | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Questionnaire—Students' Writing Self-Assessment Instrument | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Students' Subjective Learning Experiences | 第53-65页 |
| ·Being More Reflective on Learning | 第53-56页 |
| ·Developing Self-Assessment Ability | 第56-61页 |
| ·The Process Writing Portfolio | 第59-60页 |
| ·Cover Report(also the Second Letter) | 第60页 |
| ·Writing Portfolio Conference | 第60-61页 |
| ·Assuming More Responsibility for Their Learning | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations | 第65-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and Implications | 第67-69页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-84页 |
| Appendix 1 Writing Portfolio Goals and Related Entries | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix 2:The Analytic Scale Utilized | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 3:Sample Self-reflection | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix 4 Pretest | 第81页 |
| Appendix 5 Posttest | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix 6 Students' Writing Self-assessment Instrument | 第82-84页 |
