声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research significance
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review
2.1 Related concepts
2.1.1 The definition of scaffolding
2.1.2 The definition of anxiety and English Writing Anxiety
2.2 Related theories
2.2.1 Constructivism
2.2.2 Zone of Proximal Development
2.3 Previous research on scaffolding teaching
2.3.1 Previous research on scaffolding teaching abroad
2.3.2 Previous research on scaffolding teaching at home
Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Research subjects
3.3 Research instruments
3.3.1 Teaching experiment
3.3.2 Questionnaire
3.4 Research procedures
3.5 A sample lesson plan
Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussions
4.1 Scaffolding instruction’s effects on students’ English writing scores
4.1.1 Effects on sentence structures in students’ compositions
4.1.2 Effects on types of errors in students’ compositions
4.2 Scaffolding instruction’s effects on students’ English writing anxiety
4.2.1 Effects on students’ attitude to their writing ability
4.2.2 Effectively reducing students’ English writing anxiety
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitation
References
Appendices
Acknowledgements