Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Need for the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Outline of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Narrative Production and Narrative Development ot Second Language Learners
2.1.1 Themes in narrative study
2.1.2 Narrative structure
2.1.3 Narrative cohesion and coherence
2.1.4 Narrative discourse development and empirical findings
2.1.5 Methodology problems
2.2 Temporality and the Development of Temporal References
2.2.1 Basic concepts of temporality
2.2.2 Temporal semantics
2.2.3 Causality and temporality
2.2.4 Temporal organization in narrative
2.2.5 Narrative timeline, temporal progression and coherence
2.2.6 The development of temporal reference
2.3 Contrastive Rhetoric
2.3.1 Discourse analysis and second language com- position
2.3.2 Contrastive interlanguage analysis
2.4 Limitations and Areas for Further Study
Chapter Three Research Design and Methodology
3.1 Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Temporality in Chinese EFL Learners‘ Written Narrative
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Methodology
3.3.1 Participants
3.3.2 Materials
3.3.3 Data collection
3.3.4 Reliability of measurements
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4. 1 The Micro Level Analysis of Temporal Structure in Narrative Discourse
4.1.1 Proposition units
4.1.2 Rhetorical units
4.2 The Meso Level Analysis of Episodic Temporal Structure
4.2.1 Categories and functions of narrative clauses
4.2.2 Episode shift
4.2.3 Temporal progression
4.2.4 Narrative‘timeline
4.2.5 Episode patterns
4.3 The Macro Level Interpretation of Temporality
4.3.1 Introduction to Coh-Metrix 2.1
4.3.2 ANOVA analysis of significant measures in learner narrative production
4.3.3 Independent T-test procedure for cross-sectional comparison
4.4 The Comparison of Temporal Relations Between English and Chinese
4.4.1 Chinese temporal resources
4.4.2 Socio-cultural and psycholinguistic constraints on the expression of temporality by Chinese EFL learners
4.5 The Analysis of Questionnaire
4.5.1 The introduction of learner questionnaire
4.5.2 Responses to the questionnaire
4.5.3 Qualitative description
4.6 General Discussion
4.6.1 General relations among three levels of temporality in narrative
4.6.2 The uniform focus on the micro level of temporality across groups
4.6.3 The macro level narrativity promotes better narrative performance on the meso and micro level
Chapter Five The Linking of Theory with Practice
5.1 Teaching Temporal Lexico-Grammar as Choice
5.2 Providing Opportunities for Learners to Explore the Relationship of Temporality and Narrative Discourse in Authentic Material
5.3 Teaching Temporality in Ways that Make Transparent Form-Function Relationship in Discourse Context
5.4 Encouraging Learners to Become Active Foreign Language Writer
5.5 Providing EFI. Learners with Systematic‘Feedback on Narrative Writing
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Implications of the Study
6.2.1 Implications concerning establishing a hierarchical, causally coherent and goal-oriented temporal structure in narrative
6.2.2 Implications concerning the interplay of multiple temporal devices
6.2.3 Implications concerning differentiated, languagespecific choice of temporal system
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Future Research
Appendixes
Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaire and Writing Prompt
Appendix Ⅱ Chinese EFL Learners‘ English and Chinese Narrative Samples
Appendix Ⅲ The On-line Interface of Coh-Metrix Tool
Appendix Ⅳ The Raw Results of ANOVA Analysis
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