本教程围绕学术英语写作技能，从样篇、写作技能、例文、练习和篇章阅读等方面组织学习内容，以满足研究生教育和英语学习的特殊需要，以及中高级英语学习者写作技能训练的需要。

全书共由十章组成，每章涉及学术英语说明文和论说文写作的结构和技能，由写作基础知识、样篇和例文、练习和篇章阅读等部分组成。每章内容依据样篇和例文对写作知识和技能进行实证性分析和描述。样篇和例证来自编写组对历年大学英语四、六级以及历年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语真题阅读理解语篇和媒体英语语篇的认真分析和采集。实证性的语篇分析和写作训练符合实践性技能学习和教学的规律。

另外，为巩固和训练英语写作技能，本教程从连贯和衔接、句式变化、篇章写作和诊断性习作分析等方面编排练习内容，以期从基本技能训练发展综合英语写作能力，并在每章安排了两篇阅读文章。

该书可供各大专院校非英语专业的研究生作为教材使用。

Chapter One English Paragraphs

 Model Composition

 The Topic Sentence

 Cohesion

 Unity and Coherence

 Paragraph Writing

 Transitions

 The Composition Outline

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Two The Chronological Paragraph

 Model Composition

 Chronological Paragraph Development

 Change of Words and Varieties in Sentence Openings, Structure and Length

 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

 Linking Paragraphs Together

 Preface or Foreword

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Three The Spatial Paragraph

 Model Composition

 Spatial Paragraph Development

 Writing in Specific Terms

 Transitions for Spatial Development

 Innovative and Flexible Use of Words

 Abstract Writing

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Four The Expository Paragraph Developed by Examples

 Model Composition

 Expository Paragraph Development by Examples

 Nominalization in Academic Writings

 Transitions for Expository Development

 Introductory Paragraphs

 Bibliography

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Five The Expository Composition Developed by Comparison and Contrast

 Model Composition

 Composition Development by Comparison and Contrast

 Transitions for Comparison and Contrast

 Active and Passive Voice

 Technical Writing: Reports

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Six The Expository Composition Developed by Cause and Effect

 Model Composition

 Composition Development by Cause and Effect

 Writing a Conclusion

 Synonyms and Near-meaning Words as Transitions

 Noun Modifiers and Noun Compound in Scientific and Technical English

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Seven The Expository CompoSition Developed by Definition

 Model Composition

 Composition Development by Definition

 Force in Writing

 Writing a Book Report

 Parallelism

 Subordination

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Eight The Expository Composition Developed by Logical Division

 Model Composition

 Expository Composition Development by Logical Division

 Rhetoric Question

 Repeating a Word for Coherence

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Nine The Expository Composition Developed by Process

 Model Composition

 Expository Development by Process

 Review of Transitions between Paragraphs

 Sense Relations and Lexical Co-occurrence in Compositions

 Explaining Problems and Proposing Solutions

 Exercise

 Reading Task

Chapter Ten The Argumentative Composition

 Model Composition

 Composition Development by Argument

 Review of Paragraph Writing

 Thesis Statement

 Writing a Book Review

 Exercise

 Reading Task

References