| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract in English | 第10-11页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter Two: Literature Review | 第17-37页 |
| 1 Characteristics and principles of the communicative Approach | 第17-18页 |
| 2 The theoretical basis for the communicative approach | 第18-21页 |
| 3 CLT abroad | 第21-24页 |
| 4 CLT in China | 第24页 |
| 5 CLT in the teaching of writing | 第24-37页 |
| ·What is writing? | 第25-26页 |
| ·Analysis of the writing process | 第26-27页 |
| ·A commumcative approach to the teaching of writing | 第27-37页 |
| ·Task-based and communication-oriented teaching | 第27-31页 |
| ·The learner-centered principle in the teaching of writing | 第31-37页 |
| Chapter Three: The Experiment and the Investigation | 第37-52页 |
| 1 The purpose of the experiment | 第37页 |
| 2 The hypothesis of the experiment | 第37页 |
| 3 Methodology | 第37-52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38-42页 |
| ·Teaching materials and measures | 第42页 |
| ·Instruments | 第42-44页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第42-43页 |
| ·Writing tests | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures | 第44-52页 |
| ·The teaching experiment | 第44-45页 |
| ·The communicative teaching in the experimental group | 第45-49页 |
| ·The designing of writing tasks | 第45-47页 |
| ·Integration of writing and speaking | 第47-48页 |
| ·The comparison of the different teachings in the two groups | 第48-49页 |
| ·The teaching and scoring | 第49-51页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis procedures | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Four: Results and Analysis | 第52-64页 |
| 1 Results and analysis of the tests | 第52-54页 |
| ·The pretest | 第52-53页 |
| ·The posttest | 第53页 |
| ·The comparison of the pretest & posttest of the two groups | 第53-54页 |
| 2 Results and analysis of the questionnaires | 第54-64页 |
| ·The pre-questionnaire | 第54-59页 |
| ·About the understanding of English writing | 第54-56页 |
| ·About the attitudes towards English writing | 第56-57页 |
| ·About the training approaches to English writing | 第57-59页 |
| ·About the evaluation of writing | 第59页 |
| ·The post-questionnaire | 第59-64页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第64-70页 |
| 1 Major findings of the study | 第64-65页 |
| 2 Pedagogical implications of the study | 第65-67页 |
| 3 Limitations of the study | 第67-68页 |
| 4 Suggestions for further study | 第68-70页 |
| Appendices | 第70-81页 |
| Appendix 1: Questionnaire | 第70-74页 |
| a. Pre-questionnaire | 第70-73页 |
| b. Post-questionnaire | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix 2: Responses to the questionnaires | 第74-78页 |
| a. Frequencies of the subjects' responses to the post-questionnaire | 第74-76页 |
| b. Frequencies of the subjects' responses to the post-questionnaire | 第76页 |
| c. A comparison of the frequencies of the responses to the post-questionnaire between the two groups | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix 3: The writing topic | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix 4: Results of the final exam in the first term, of the pretest and of the posttest | 第79-81页 |
| References | 第81-87页 |
