Theme and Thematic Progression in Chinese College Students’ English Essays

Jing Wei is an associate professor in College of International Studies at Southwest University, China. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. She has been teaching English as a foreign language for 17 years. Her research interests include second language acquisition, English for specific purposes and foreign language teacher development.

• Foreword.- Listof abbreviations.- Chapter1 Introduction.- Chapter2 Literature review.- Chapter3 Theoretical background.- Chapter4 Research Design.- Chapter5 Results and analysis of pre-essays.- Chapter6 Results and analysis of post-essays.- Chapter7 Results and analysis of pre- and post- essays.- Chapter8 Results and analysis of the questionnaire.- Chapter9 Discussion.- Chapter10 Conclusion.- Appendix1 Plan for the interventional procedures.- Appendix2:  Questionnaire.- Appendix3:  Instructional package.- Appendix4:  Teachers’ guide to the instruction.- Appendix5:  Consent form for the experimentalgroup.- Appendix6:  Consent form for the control group.- Appendix7:  Consent form for the native speakergroup.