| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| 2.1 L2 writing studies abroad | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 L2 writing research in China | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第20-36页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第20页 |
| 3.2 Data Collection | 第20-21页 |
| 3.3 Data Analysis | 第21-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Coding schemes for linguistic features | 第21-25页 |
| 3.3.2 Coding procedure of linguistic features | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.3 Coding schemes for communicative adequacy | 第26-30页 |
| 3.3.4 Coding procedure of communicative adequacy | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3.5 Inter-coder Reliability | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.6 Statistical analysis | 第35-36页 |
| Chaper Ⅳ Findings and Discussion | 第36-90页 |
| 4.1 Overall profiling and inter-group comparison between Chinese groups | 第36-72页 |
| 4.1.1 Syntactic Complexity | 第36-48页 |
| 4.1.2 Lexical Complexity | 第48-52页 |
| 4.1.3 Accuracy | 第52-55页 |
| 4.1.4 Fluency | 第55-57页 |
| 4.1.5 Coherence | 第57-72页 |
| 4.2 Comparison between Chinese high level group and NS group | 第72-82页 |
| 4.2.1 Syntactic Complexity | 第72-76页 |
| 4.2.2 Lexical complexity | 第76-77页 |
| 4.2.3 Coherence | 第77-82页 |
| 4.3 Correlations among complexity,accuracy,fluency and coherence | 第82-90页 |
| 4.3.1 Correlations among complexity,accuracy and fluency | 第82-84页 |
| 4.3.2 Correlations among three aspects of coherence | 第84-85页 |
| 4.3.3 Correlations between linguistic and communicative features | 第85-86页 |
| 4.3.4 Correlations among CAFC in different groups | 第86-90页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第90-96页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the study | 第90-93页 |
| 5.2 Implications of this study | 第93-95页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第95-96页 |
| References | 第96-101页 |
