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Abbreviation
Chapter 1 Introduction
1. 1 Background of the study
1. 2 The Significance of the study
1. 3 The layout of the thesis
Chapter2 Literature Review
2. 1 Relevant terms in this study
2. 2 Syntactic Complexity
2.2.1 Definitions of syntactic complexity
2.2.2 The scale of syntactic complexity and its development
2.2.3 The syntactic complexity indices in this thesis
2.2.4 The research on syntactic complexity home and abroad
2. 3 Continuation Task
2.3.1 Theoretical Framework of Continuation Task
2.3.2 The Introduction of Continuation Task
2.3.3 The research on continuation task at home and abroad
2.3.4The research on continuation task and syntactic complexity
Chapter 3 Research methodology
3. 1Research Objectives and Contents
3. 2 Research Questions
3. 3 Participants, Instruments and Material
3. 4 Research Design and Procedures
3. 4. 1Research Design
3. 4. 2 Research Treatment on Experiment Group
3. 4. 3 Research Treatment on Control Group
3. 5 Data Collection and Analyses
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Results
4 . 1 . 1 The current level of syntactic complexity of high school students’ writing
4.1.2 The influence of continuation task on syntactic complexity in EG
4.1.3 The influence of continuation task on syntactic complexity by comparing EG and CG
4. 1. 4 Students’ attitudes toward continuation task based on an interview
4.2 Discussion
4. 2. 1 The discussion in relation to the first research question
4. 2. 2 The discussion in relation to the second research question
4. 2. 3 The discussion in relation to the third research question
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5. 1. Major findings of the study
5. 2. Implications of the study
5. 3. Limitations and suggestions for future study
参考文献
Appendix One
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Appendix Three The Original Writing Sample and the Transcribed Text Sample
Appendix Four
Appendix Five
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