《写作教程》依据语言学习与习得的规律和特点，从架构上作了新的尝试，分别编有“语词与写作”、“语法与写作”、“语篇与写作”和“实用写作”，遵循读写结合、学用结合、思练结合的原则，通过观察、例释、操练和夯实等环节，以逐渐递进的思路和方式，训练和发展学生的写作能力。
本书为《写作教程》学生用书第一册。

Unit 1 Understanding Words
Unit 2 Lexical Expansion: Word Building
Unit 3 Idiomatic Expression: Word Collocations
Unit 4 Structural Link: FunctionWords
Unit 5 Accuracy and Appropriateness: Synonymous and Antonymous Words
Unit 6 Accuracy and Appropriateness: Culture-loaded Words
Unit 7 Accuracy and Appropriateness: General and Specific Words
Unit 8 Accuracy and Appropriateness: Formal and Informal Words