| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Historical background | 第10-13页 |
| ·Related research on English writing abroad | 第10-11页 |
| ·Related research on English writing in China | 第11-12页 |
| ·Related research on English writing obstacles in China | 第12-13页 |
| ·Reasons for the present study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Ⅱ An investigation of English writing obstacles | 第16-28页 |
| ·Subjects | 第16-17页 |
| ·Methods | 第17-18页 |
| ·Two questionnaires | 第17页 |
| ·Two tests | 第17页 |
| ·Analyses of some writing samples | 第17-18页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第18-28页 |
| ·Data from the questionnaires | 第18-22页 |
| ·Data from the pre-test and the writing samples of the pre-test | 第22-28页 |
| Ⅲ Countermeasures to eliminate writing obstacles | 第28-41页 |
| ·Some writing approaches to eliminating writing obstacles | 第28-30页 |
| ·The design and implementation of the study of the Length Approach to eliminating writing obstacles | 第30-41页 |
| ·Definition of the Length Approach | 第30页 |
| ·Theories related to the Length Approach | 第30-33页 |
| ·The differences between traditional writing teaching and the Length Approach writing teaching | 第33-34页 |
| ·The advantages of the Length Approach | 第34-36页 |
| ·Procedures of the experiment of the Length Approach | 第36-41页 |
| ·The preparation for the experiment | 第36-37页 |
| ·Designing the writing tasks | 第37-38页 |
| ·Helping students to generate ideas | 第38页 |
| ·Drafting | 第38页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Revising | 第39-41页 |
| Ⅳ Data analyses and discussion | 第41-48页 |
| ·Data obtained from the two tests | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analyses of the samples of the two tests | 第42-44页 |
| ·Data obtained from the second questionnaire | 第44-48页 |
| Ⅴ Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Major findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations | 第49页 |
| ·Implications | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Appendices | 第53-61页 |
