根据教育部新近颁布的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中对英语专业学生写作技能的要求，结合新世纪对英语专业人才技能的需求，王茁玲主编的《高级英语写作》(Advanced English writing)将重点放在写作文体和学术论文的写作两个方面，旨在帮助学生了解学术研究的过程和对学术论文写作规范的掌握，进而提高学生获取知识的能力、运用知识的能力、分析问题的能力、独立提出见解的能力和创新的能力。

本书(Advanced English writing)在总结了多年写作课教学经验的基础上，借鉴国外先进的教学理论，注重实践能力的培养。适用对象为各类非英语专业研究生、英语专业高年级学生以及具有相应基础的英语自学者。

Part One The Writing Process

Chapter I Introduction

  1. Introduction to Writing in English

  2. Decisions in the Writing Process

  A. How writing is used

  B. How writing is shaped

  C. How an essay is composed

Chapter II The Process of Writing--Planning,Drafting,Revising

  1. Planning the Essay

  A. Deciding on your topic

  B. Deciding on your purpose

  C. Deciding on your thesis 

  D. Deciding on your audience

  E. Discovering useful material

  F. Deciding on your tone

  G. Exercises

  2. Drafting the Essay

  A. Drafting the title and introduction

  B. Drafting the body section

  C. Drafting the conclusion

  D. Exercises

  3. Revising the Essay

  A. The meaning of revision

  B. Revision checklist

Part Two Essay Writing

Chapter Ill  Essays for Various Goals

  1. Three Major Goals of Writing

  2. Major Development Strategies

 Chapter IV Developing a Description

  1. Understanding a description

  A. Description as a support strategy

  B. Description as a primary strategy

  2. Types of Description

  A. Objective description

  B. Subjective description

  3. Guidelines for Description

  4. Exercises

Chapter V Developing a Narration

  1. Understanding a Narration

  2. Types of Narration

  A. Narration that merely reports

  B. Narration that makes a point

  3. Guidelines for Narration

  4. Exercises

Chapter VI  Developing an Explanation/Exposition

  1. Explaining through Illustration

  A. Understanding illustration

  B. Guidelines for illustration

  C. Exercises

  2. Explaining through Division and Classification 

  A. Understanding division

  B. Guidelines for division

  C. Understanding classification

  D. Guidelines for classification

  E. Exercises

  3. Explaining through Process Analysis

  A. Understanding a process analysis

  B. Types of process analysis

  C. Exercises

 4. Explaining through Cause and Effect Analysis  ...

  A. Understanding cause and effect

  B. Reasoning from effect to cause

  C. Guidelines for effect to cause analysis

  D. Reasoning from cause to effect

  E. Guidelines for cause to effect analysis

  F. Exercises

 5. Explaining through Comparison/Contrast

  A. Understanding comparison

  B. Understanding contrast

  C. Understanding combined comparison/contrast 

 D. Guidelines for comparison/contrast

 E. A special kind of comparison: analogy

 F. Exercises

 6. Explaining through Definition

 A. Understanding definitions

 B. Using denotative definitions

 C. Choosing the level of detail

 D. Using expanded definitions

 E. Using connotative definitions

 F. Exercises

Chapter VII Developing a Persuasive Argument

  1. Having a Debatable Point

  2. Supporting Your Claim

 A. Offering convincing reason

 B. Choosing reliable sources

 C. Distinguishing hard from soft evidence

 D. Avoiding specious conclusions

  3. Appealing to Reason

 A. Using induction

 B. Using deduction

  4. Appealing to Emotion

 A. Showing empathy

 13. Acknowledging opposing views

 C. Maintaining a moderate tone

  5. Shaping to Reveal Your Line of Thought

 A. Introduction

 B. Body

 C. Conclusion

  6. Guidelines for Persuasive Argument

  7. Exercises

Part Three The Process of Research Writing

Chapter VIII Understanding What a Research Paper Involves

  1. Selecting and Focusing Topic

  2. Guidelines for Selecting a Topic for a Research Paper

Chapter IX Preparing to Conduct a Research

  1. Knowing How to Evaluate Sources

  2. Starting to Compile a List of Headings or Key Words

  3. Determining Your Documentation Style

  4. Being Ready to Use All the Resources of the Library

 A. Using reference books

 B. Using periodicals

 C. Preparing bibliography cards

 D. Taking useful notes

Chapter X Conducting a Literature Review

  1. Understanding a Literature Review

  2. Planning the Review

A. Finding a focus

B. Narrowing your topic

C. Considering whether your sources are current

D. Constructing a working thesis statement

E. Considering organization

  3. Drafting Your Literature Review

  4. Revising

 Chapter XI Writing Your Research Paper

  1. Drafting a Thesis Statement

  2. Outlining a Research Paper

  3. Drafting and Revising Your Research Paper

A. Annotating a research paper

B. Revision checklist for a research paper

  4. Documentation

A. What to document

B. Systems of reference

C. Exercises

  5. Writing an Abstract

A. Understanding an abstract 

B. Types of abstract

C. Purpose of writing an abstract

D. Writing an abstract

E. Revising

Chapter XII Case Study: Analyzing Amy Brown's Research Paper

Part Four Punctuatien

  1. The Comma(,)

  2. The Period(.)

  3. The Semicolon(;)

  4. The Colon(:)

  5. The Question Mark(?)

  6. The Exclamation Mark(!)

  7. Quotation Marks(\\)

  8. Parentheses(())

  9. Brackests([])

  10. The Dash(—)

  11. The Slash(/)