| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.1 English teaching in cultivating critical thinking | 第10页 |
| 1.1.2 The present situation of English teaching | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Research aims and significance | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2.1 Improving students’ critical thinking based on English argumentativewriting | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2.2 Improving senior-high-school English teaching | 第12页 |
| 1.2.3 Meeting the need of cultivating talents with high quality | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Framework | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-30页 |
| 2.1 The definition of critical thinking | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions given by foreign scholars | 第14-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Definitions proposed by domestic scholars | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Structures of critical thinking | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Respective structures abroad | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Respective structures at home | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Relevant studies of critical thinking | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Related studies abroad | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Related studies at home | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Relevant studies of students’ critical thinking in English writing abroad | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4.1 Related researches abroad | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4.2 Related researches at home | 第27-28页 |
| 2.5 Relevant studies of students’ critical thinking in English argumentativewriting | 第28-29页 |
| 2.6 The innovation of the thesis | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第30-36页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3.1 Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (Chinese Version) | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.2 English argumentative writing test | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3.3 Interview | 第33页 |
| 3.4 Data collection | 第33-35页 |
| 3.4.1 Quantitative data collection | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4.2 Qualitative data collection | 第34-35页 |
| 3.5 Data analysis | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第36-53页 |
| 4.1 The features of students’ critical thinking disposition | 第36-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall situation of students’ critical thinking disposition | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.2 The situations of each component of students’ critical thinking disposition | 第37-41页 |
| 4.2 The relationship between English writing and critical thinking skill | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.1 The correlation between the scores of English argumentative and criticalthinking quality | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3 The features of students’ critical thinking skill in English argumentativewriting | 第42-48页 |
| 4.3.1 The overall situation of English argumentative writing and criticalthinking skill | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.2 The situations of each item of students’ critical thinking skill in Englishargumentative writing | 第43-48页 |
| 4.4 The situation of students’ critical thinking in English argumentative writing | 第48页 |
| 4.5 The results of the interview | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-59页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第53-54页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第54-57页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 高中生思辨倾向性调查问卷 | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ 英语议论文测试 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ 写作思辩质量评分标准 | 第68-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69页 |
