| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Present situation of college English writing teaching in China | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第11页 |
| ·Questions and purposes of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Ⅱ Literature Review | 第13-30页 |
| ·The nature of writing | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research on EFL writing | 第15-23页 |
| ·Main trends of EFL writing teaching abroad | 第15-19页 |
| ·Major researches of EFL writing in China | 第19-23页 |
| ·Cognitive-load theory | 第23-30页 |
| ·The assumption and definition of cognitive-load theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Basic viewpoints of cognitive-load theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Instructional design research on CLT | 第26-28页 |
| ·Measurement research on CLT | 第28-30页 |
| Ⅲ Relationship between Cognitive-load Theory and EFL Writing | 第30-34页 |
| ·Cognitive-load theory and EFL teaching | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cognitive-load theory and EFL writing | 第31-34页 |
| Ⅳ An Empirical Study | 第34-43页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第34页 |
| ·Subjects of the study | 第34页 |
| ·Research instruments of the study | 第34-36页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第35页 |
| ·Experiment | 第35-36页 |
| ·Post-test | 第36页 |
| ·The interview to the experimental group | 第36页 |
| ·Procedure of the experiment | 第36-41页 |
| ·Evaluation on and data collection in the pre-test and post-test | 第41-43页 |
| ·Evaluation criteria | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data collection | 第42-43页 |
| Ⅴ Data Analysis and Discussion | 第43-58页 |
| ·Findings of the questionnaire to students on English writing | 第43-46页 |
| ·Feasibility of cognitive-load theory in EFL writing teaching | 第46-49页 |
| ·Effects of cognitive-load theory in college English writing teaching | 第49-55页 |
| ·From the perspectives of language, organization and content | 第49-53页 |
| ·From the perspective of syntax | 第53-55页 |
| ·Findings of the interview | 第55-56页 |
| ·Methods for employing cognitive-load theory in teaching college English writing | 第56-58页 |
| Ⅵ Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| ·General conclusions to the study | 第58页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations for the present study and suggestions for future research | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 关于英语写作的问卷调查 | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Data from the Pre-test and Post-test | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ An Interview | 第70页 |
