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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Description of the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Interrelationship among Language, Culture and Thought
2.2 Different Cultural Thought Patterns between the East and the West
2.2.1 Synthesis vs. Analysis
2.2.2 Spiral Thinking VS. Linear Thinking
2.2.3 Ambiguity vs. Preciseness
2.2.4 Intuition vs. Logic
2.3 Definitions of Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
2.4 Overseas Studies on Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
2.5 Domestic Studies on Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
2.6 Weaknesses of the Previous Studies
Chapter Three METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Design
3.2.1 Quantitative Research
3.2.2 Qualitative Research
Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Results and Discussion about the Quantitative Study
4.1.1 Indirectness in Presenting Thesis Statement
4.1.2 Ambiguousness in Expressing their Viewpoints by the Use of Thesis Statement
4.1.3 Integrated Pattern and Preference of Intuitive Thinking in the Use of Topic Sentence
4.2 Results and Discussion of the Qualitative Study
4.2.1 Results about the Interviews
4.2.2 Cultural Interpretations on Students' Unidiomatic Use of Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implication for Improving Chinese Students' English Writing
5.2.1 Raising Students' Cultural Awareness
5.2.2 Practical Ways in Helping Students Develop Discourse Competence
5.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Researches
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Appendix