为了提高广大英语爱好者从事英语基础写作和实用写作的能力，为将来更高层次的科技论文写作打好基础，由华中科技大学外国语学院英语系编写的《英语写作教程(第2版)》包括基础写作和实用写作两个部分，对写作的理论和技巧进行了阐述，并在每一章后面提供了大量的练习材料供学生们进行写作训练。

全书共分16章：第一、第二、第三章主要是从理论上分析英语写作，指出中国学生在英语写作中所存在的问题，并提出相应的解决办法；第四至第七章介绍了从词、句、段到全文写作的理论和技巧；第八和第九章主要介绍了大学生在学习和生活中常用的两种文体(说明文和议论文)的写作技巧；第十章介绍了英语写作中常出现的一些拼写、排版和校对等细节问题；第十一、第十二、第十三章介绍了简历、申请信和私人信件方面的写作内容和技巧；第十四至第十六章介绍了商务信函、通知及合同等方面的写作内容和技巧。

本教材适用于英语专业二、三年级学生，研究生及其他英语爱好者。

Part I Basic Writing

 Unit One Misunderstandings of English Writing and Solutions.

1.1 Misunderstandings of English writing

1.2 Solutions

 Unit Two Criteria and Qualities of Good Writing

2.1 Criteria of good writing

2.2 Qualities of goocl writing

 Unit Three Writing as a Process

3.1 The product vs. process approach

3.2 Eight steps in the writing process

 Unit Four Word Writing

4.1 Meaning of'words

4.2 Levels of being general or specific

4.3 Sexist language

4.4 Idiomatic language

 Unit Five Sentence Writing

5.1 Common problems in sentence writing

5.2 Types of sentences

5.3 Writing effective sentences

 Unit Six Paragraph Writing

6.1 Structure of paragraphs

6.2 Methods to write topic sentences

6.3 Length of paragraphs

 Unit Seven Essay Writing

7.1 Finding a suitable topic

7.2 Style of writing

7.3 Methods to write

 Unit Eight Writing Strategies for Exposition

8.1 Essay development by giving examples

8.2 Essay development by comparison and contrast

8.3 Essay development by cause and effect

8.4 Essay development by definition

8.5 Essay development by classification

8.6 Essay development by process analysis

 Unit Nine Writing Strategies for Argumentation

9.1 Components of an argumentation

9.2 Methods to develop an essay by argumentation

9.3 The rhetoric,of argument

9.4 Points to be observed in argumentation

 Unit Ten Mechanics of Writing, Editing, and Proofreading

10.1 Mechanics of writing

10.2 Editing

10.3 Proofreading

Part II Prat--tical Writing

 Unit Eleven Resume and Reference Writing

11.1 Resume writing

11.2 Reference writing

 Unit Twelve Application Letter Writing

12.1 Two types of application letters

12.2 Main content and requirements

12.3 Methods to write an application letter

 Unit Thirteen Personal Letter Writing

13.1 Basics of personal letters

13.2 Different kinds of personal letters

 Unit Fourtenn Business Letter Writing

14.1 Features and requirements of business letters

14.2 Methods to write different kinds of business letters

 Unit Fifteen Note, Notice, and Poster Writing

15.1 Note writing

15.2 Notice writing

15.3 Poster writing

 Unit Sixteen Contract Writing

16.1 Content of contracts

16.2 Methods to write contracts

References