| Abstract (in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-10页 |
| Table of contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ: Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·The Background of the Research | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Research and the Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ: Literature Review | 第19-32页 |
| ·Definitions and Terminologies | 第19-22页 |
| ·Language Transfer & Mother Tongue Influence | 第19-21页 |
| ·Mother Tongue Acquisition vs. L2 Learning | 第21-22页 |
| ·Second Language, Foreign Language& English Learning | 第22页 |
| ·A chronological Review of the Major Frameworks of the Studies of Mother Tongue Influence | 第22-27页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis under Behaviorist Framework | 第23-25页 |
| ·Markedness Theory of Chomskyan Universal Grammar | 第25-26页 |
| ·Mother Tongue Influence under Cognitive Framework | 第26-27页 |
| ·Studies of Mother Tongue Influence on the Results of L2 production | 第27-29页 |
| ·Studies of Mother Tongue Influence on the Process of L2 production | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ: Conceptual Framework of the Study | 第32-36页 |
| ·Rumelhart, McClelland, and PDP (Parallel Distributed Processing) Research Group's PDP Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Application of PDP Theory to Language Acquisition Research | 第33-34页 |
| ·Adoption of PDP Theory as the Framework of the Study | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ: The Design of the Study | 第36-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Think Aloud Method | 第36-37页 |
| ·Feasibility of the TA Method in This Study | 第37-38页 |
| ·Subject Selection | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Measure Instrument | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-46页 |
| ·Collection of TA Protocols | 第40-42页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ: Results and Discussion | 第46-59页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis between the Amount of Mother Tongue Use in Different Aspects and the Total Scores of the Compositions | 第46-48页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis between the Amount of Mother Tongue Use in Different Aspects and the Corresponding Scores of the Compositions | 第48-52页 |
| ·The Consistency of the Research Results with PDP Theory | 第52-53页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第53-59页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ: Conclusions and Recommendations | 第59-67页 |
| ·Mother Tongue Influence on the Process of L2 Production and L2 Learning | 第59-60页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第60-63页 |
| ·In Theory | 第60-62页 |
| ·In Practice | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Recommendations for Further Studies | 第64-67页 |
| Works Cited | 第67-73页 |
| Appendices | 第73-78页 |
| Appendix A: Rating Scale of the Scoring of the Compositions | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix B: Definitions and Examples of the Five Thinking Activities | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix C: Tables of Correlations | 第75-78页 |
