由李晓惠主编的《大学英语写作教程》分为五个单元，涵盖了英语写作的两大基本部分：论文写作的共性和个性；论文写作的语法。第一单元详细讲解论文写作的共性，第二、三、四、五单元分别讲解记叙论文、对比论文、因果论文、议论文写作的特点。每一个单元都设计了写作基本功的训练和写作技巧的练习，练习题的答案附在全书最后。五个单元还针对中国学生用英语写作时把握不好的时态、句子的完整、修饰词、排比句、标点符号分别进行了讲解，非常方便教授和学习。

Unit 1 Exploring the Essay

 Part 1 What Is an Essay？

 Part 2 Kinds of Essays

 Part 3 Example Essays

Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay：Cinderella and Her Odious Household Chores

Activity 2 Studying an Example Essay：How Do You Say？

Activity 3 Studying an Example Essay：Differences in Urban and Rural Life

Activity 4 Studying an Example Essay：Cancer Risks

Activity 5 Studying an Example Essay：The Advantages of Community Colleges

 Part 4 Writing the Introduction

Activity 6 Practice with Hooks：Mandatory Retirement Has to Go

Activity 7 Thesis Statement Questions

Activity 8 More Practice with Hooks：Differences in Education in South Korea and North America

Activity 9 Thesis Statements Questions

 Part 5 Writing the Body

Activity 10 Making a General Outline

Activity 11 Making a Specific Outline

 Part 6 Writing the Conclusion

 Part 7 Topics for Writing

Activity 12 Essay Writing Practice

 SPECIAL ATYENTION（1） Tenses

Unit 2 Narrative Essays

 Part 1 What Is a Narrative Essay？

Activity 1 Identifying Hooks

 Part 2 Example Narrative Essay

Activity 2 Studying an Example Essay：Frustration at the Airport

Activity 3 Outlining Practice

Activity 4 Adding Supporting Information：You Make Your Own Luck

Activity 5 Adding Connectors：A Little Bit of Rest Never Hurt Anyone

Activity 6 Sentence Variety：The Reckless Rider

 Part 3 Developing Narrative Essays

Activity 7 Choosing Topics

Activity 8 Ideas for a Narrative Essay

Activity 9 Developing Narrative Ideas

Activity 10 Making an Outline

Activity 11 Peer Editing Your Outline

Activity 12 Writing a Narrative Essay

Activity 13 Peer Editing Your Essay

 Part g Topics for Writing

Activity 14 Essay Writing Practice

 SPECIAL ATYENTION（2） Complete Sentences

Unit 3 Comparison Essays

 Part 1 What Is a Comparison Essay？

 Part 2 Example Comparison Essay

Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay：Not As Different As You Think .

 Part 3 Developing Comparison Essays

Activity 2 Outlining Practice

Activity 3 Supporting Information：Foreign or Domestic？

Activity 4 Connectors：Education in the East and the West

Activity 5 Identifying Good Subjects

Activity 6 Working with a Topic

Activity 7 Planning with an outline

Activity 8 Peer Editing Your Outline

Activity 9 Writing a Comparison Essay

Activity 10 Peer Editing Your Essay

 Part 4 Topics for Writing

Activity 11 Essay Writing Practice

 SPECIAL ArI3'ENTION（3） Modifiers

Unit 4 Cause-Effect Essays

 Part 1 What Is a Cause-Effect Essay？

 Part 2 Example Cause-Effect Essay

Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay：Why Do We Lie

 Part 3 Developing Cause-Effect Essays

Activity 2 Outlining Practice

Activity 3 Supporting Information：Television at Its Worst

Activity 4 Connectors：Effects of Computers on Higher Education

Activity 5 Wordiness

Activity 6 Don't Say It Twice

 Part 4 Developing Ideas for Writing

Activity 7 Starting with Questions

Activity 8 Clustering Ideas

Activity 9 Planning with an Outline

Activity 10 Peer Editing Your Outline

Activity 11 Writing a Cause-Effect Essay

Activity 12 Peer Editing Your Essay

 Part 5 Topics for Writing

Activity 13 Essay Writing Practice

 SPECIAL ATYENTION（4）Parallelism

Unit 5 Argumentative Essays

 Part 1 What Is an Argumentative Essay？

 Part 2 Example Argumentative Essay

Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay：The School Uniform Question

 Part 3 Developing Argumentative Essays

Activity 2 Outlining Practice

Activity 3 Supporting Information：Wanted：No Guns ！

Activity 4 Choosing Modals：Life or Death？

Activity 5 Writing Pro and Con Thesis Statements

Activity 6 Faulty Logic

Activity 7 Choosing a Topic

Activity 8 Planning with an Outline

Activity 9 Peer Editing Your Outline

Activity 10 Writing an Argumentative Essay

Activity 11 Peer Editing Your Essay

 Part 4 Topics for Writing

Activity 12 Essay Writing Practice

 SPECIAL ATTENTION（5） Punctuation

Appendices

Appendix 1 Understanding the Writing Process：The Seven Steps

Appendix 2 Additional Grammar Practice

Appendix 3 Connectors

Appendix 4 Peer Editing Sheets

Appendix 5 Answer Key