Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Chinese ELT context
1.3 Aims and significance of the study
1.4 0rganisation of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Autonomy in language learning
2.3 Metacognition
2.4 Research on writing and writing instruction
2.5 Summary of the literature review
Chapter 3 Research Design
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research approaches to language leaming in dassrooms
3.3 Instrument design
3.4 Pedagogical design of the writing course
3.5 Data collection
3.6 Data analysis
3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 Knowledge and Beliefs about Self-regulated Language Learning
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Descriptive results of the questionnaire survey
4.3 Relationships between the subcategories of the personvariable
4.4 Attributional factors in learning success
4.5 Inter-group differences in person, task and strategic variables
4.6 Summary of the chapter
Chapter 5 Person Knowledge
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pre-course person knowledge about writing
5.3 Post-course person knowledge about writing
5.4 Key themes of pre- and post-course person knowledge
5.5 Developing trend of person knowledge: triangulation of the diaries
5.6 Participants' questionnaire results of the person variable in language learning
5.7 Summary of the chapter
Chapter 6 Task Knowledge and Strategic Knowledge
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Pre-course task knowledge about writing
6.3 Post-course task knowledge about writing
6.4 Key themes of pre- and post-course task knowledge
6.5 Developing trend of task knowledge: triangulation of the diaries
6.6 Pre-course strategic knowledge
6.7 Post-course strategic knowledge
6.8 Key themes of pre- and post-course strategic knowledge
6.9 Developing trend of strategic knowledge: triangulation of the diaries
6.10 Participants' questionnaire results of task and strategic variables in language learning
6.11 Effects of the writing course on participants' writing performance
6.12 Summary of the chapter
Chapter 7 Case Studies
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Xue
7.3 Cheng
7.4 Zhang
7.5 Fang
7.6 Summary of the chapter
Chapter 8 Overall Discussion and Conclusions
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Revisiting the research goals
8.3 Summary of the research findings and discussion
8.4 The issue of sustainability
8.5 Theoretical model of metacognitive knowledge in language learning
8.6 Pedagogical principles of self-regulation in L2 writing
8.7 Evaluation of the research
8.8 Final conclusions and recommendations for future research
Bibliography
Appendices
