本书从写作的本质到ESL写作理论，到英语写作的原则与策略，再到英语写作的教学方法，每章每节无不闪烁着作者对英语写作研究的真知灼见。本书集英语写作理论、技巧与实践为一体，是解放以来国内有关英语写作研究的最具权威、最有深度和广度、最具理论性与实践性相结合的一部论著。

序

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Part One Towards a Better Understanding of Writing

Chapter 1 What Is Writing?

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Definitions of writing

 1.3 Writing versus composition

 1.4 Writing versus speech

1.4.1 Linguistic differences

1.4.2 Psychological differences

1.4.3 Cognitive differences

 1.5 Towards a working definition of writing

1.5.1 Writing is an art

1.5.2 Writing is an active process

1.5.3 Writing is a creative process

1.5.4 Writing is a recursive process

1.5.5 Writing is a process of communication

1.5.6 Writing involves a conventional graphic system

1.5.7 Writing is context-based and usually reader-oriented

1.5.8 Writing involves grammar

1.5.9 Writing involves rhetoric

 1.6 Writing in the eyes of professionals

1.6.1 Writing is largely a matter of how we think and feel

1.6.2 Writing as an art can be acquired only by practice

1.6.3 Writing is a form of magic

1.6.4 Writing requires vocabulary，empathy，and style

1.6.5 Good writing comes from much reading

1.6.6 Writing is a game of words.

1.6.7 Writing demands correctness，clarity，and sincerity

 1.7 Summary

 Questions for Review

Chapter 2 Can Writing Be Taught?

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Notions surrounding the teaching of writing

 2.3 Teacher beliefs about writing.

2.3.1 Students learn to write only by writing.

2.3.2 Writing is a process

2.3.3 Writing is a tool for thinking

2.3.4 Writing has a purpose

2.3.5 Conventions of finished texts count

2.3.6 Writing and reading are interrelated

2.3.7 Writing is closely related with speech

2.3.8 Writing involves complicated social relationships

2.3.9 Writing assessment involves complex judgments

 2.4 Requisite knowledge of the writing teacher

2.4.1 Second language acquisition

2.4.2 Linguistics

2.4.3 Rhetoric

 2.5 Requisite skills for the writing teacher.

2.5.1 He 1istens to his students

2.5.2 He coaches his students

2.5.3 He learns to be a diagnostician

2.5.4 He writes with his students

2.5.5 He allots appropriate writing assignments

2.5.6 He provides immediate feedback

2.5.7 He encourages students to think clearly and express precisely

2.5.8 He keeps the writing objectives in mind

2.5.9 He fosters a positive attitude in students

2.5.10 He conducts writing conferences

2.5.11 He helps students develop the writer's twenty-one senses

2.5.12 He helps students understand the developmental stages of writing

 2.6 Summary

 Questions for Review

Chapter 3 ESL Writing and ESL Writers

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The origins of ESL writing

 3.3 The emergence of ESL writing as a subdiscipline

 3.4 The differences between L1 and L2 writers

3.4.1 Differences in schemata

3.4.2 Differences in rhetorical patterns

 3.5 Summary

 Questions for Review

Part Two The Principles of Writing

Part Three Strategies Related to the Writing Process

Part Four Pedagogical Strategies

References

Appendix 1 Some Apt Quotations about Writing

Appendix 2 Sample Student Writing for Critiquing

Appendix 3 Some Words of Wisdom