徐宏亮、杨玲主编的《英语基础写作教程》是针对当前英语专业写作教学实际、结合英语写作教材评价研究成果而编写的面向普通高校英语专业本科学生的一本写作教材。摒弃以词、句、实用语法作为起点的结构主义编写原则，以段落写作和篇章写作为起点和重点，强调以读导写。我们认为写作的关键是段落写作，段落是文章的基本单位，本教程的目标之一就是重点培养学生的基于语篇分析的写作能力。

Unit 1 Writing Effective Sentences

 1.1 Writing Correct Sentences

 1.2 Writing Concise Sentences

 1.3 Writing Emphatic Sentences

 1.4 Writing Diversified Sentences

 Language Focus: Expending the Subject, Verb and Object

Unit 2 Constructing Effective Paragraphs

 2.1 Definition of a Paragraph

 2.2 Focused Paragraphs

 2.3 Unified Paragraphs

 2.4 Coherent Paragraphs

 2.5 Well-developed Paragraphs

 Longuoge Focus : Paragraph Development

Unit 3 Cueing the Reader

 3.1 Orienting Statements

 Language Focus: Weak and Strong Thesis Statements

 3.2 Paragraphing

 3.3 Cohesive Devices

Unit 4 Describing

 4.1 How to Describe

 4.2 Describing a Person

 4.3 Describing a Place

 4.4 Describing a Scene

 Language Focus: Brush Strokes for Description

Unit 5 Narrating

 5.1 The Definition of Narration

 5.2 The Purpose of Narrating

 5.3 Including Enough Details

 5.4 Constructing Plots in Dialogue

 5.5 Narrative Order

 5.6 Point of View

 5.7 Planning the Structure

 Language Focus: Choosing Accurate and Specific Words

Unit 6 Giving Examples

 6.1 Features of Good Examples

 6.2 Arrangement of Examples

 6.3 Sources of Examples

 Language Focus= Phrases for Introducing Examples

Unit 7 Dividing and Classifying

 7.1 Definition of Classifying and Dividing

 7.2 Effective Division and Classification

 7.3 Order Pattern

 7.4 Structuring a Dividing and Classifying Essay

 Language FOCUS: Words and Transitions

Unit 8 Comparing and Contrasting

 8.1 Definition of Comparing and Contrasting

 8.2 Formulating a Thesis Statement

 8.3 Structuring a Comparison-and-contrast Essay

 Language Focus.Transitions in Oomparison-and-contrast Essay

Unit 9 Identifying Cause and Effect

 9.1 Structuring a Cause-and-effect Essay

 9.2 Classifying Causes and Effects

 9.3 Proposing a Format for a Cause-and-effect Paragraph

 Language Focus: Cause effect Expressions and Connectors

Unit 10 Analyzing a Process

 10.1 Types of Process Analysis

 10.2 Elements of Process Analysis

 10.3 Writing Introductions and Topic Sentences for Directive Process Analysis

 10.4 Developing an Informative Process Essay Step-by-step

Unit 11 Defining

 11.1 Sentence Definitions

 11.2 Extended Definitions

 11.3 Formal and Informal Definitions

 11.4 Methods of Definition

 Language Focus: Structural Patterns for Sentence Definition

Unit 12 Arguing

 12.1 Definition of Arguing

 12.2 Planning an Argumentative Essay

 12.3 Avoiding Fallacies

 12.4 Structuring an Argumentative Essay

 Language Focus: Clear and Exact Wording

Appendix Using Correct Punctuation Marks