| TITLE PAGE | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS | 第12-13页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-19页 |
| ·Research background and orientation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationale for the present study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research questions | 第17页 |
| ·Overview on the following chapters | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-42页 |
| ·Cooperative Language Learning | 第19-28页 |
| ·Definition of Cooperative Language Learning | 第19页 |
| ·Different Models of Cooperative Language learning | 第19-24页 |
| ·Teaching students collaborative skills | 第24-28页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of CLL | 第28-30页 |
| ·Nature of language | 第28-29页 |
| ·Theory of learning (cognitive psychology) | 第29-30页 |
| ·Task-based Approaches to Cooperative Language Learning | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous empirical studies related to Cooperative learning | 第31-42页 |
| ·International studies on effects of Cooperative Learning | 第31-37页 |
| ·Cooperative Learning studies at home | 第37-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第42-49页 |
| ·The quasi-experimental design | 第42页 |
| ·The aim | 第42页 |
| ·Participants | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43页 |
| ·The procedures | 第43-46页 |
| ·Materials | 第43-44页 |
| ·Grouping Students | 第44页 |
| ·Assignment of roles | 第44-45页 |
| ·Arranging the room | 第45页 |
| ·Tasks | 第45-46页 |
| ·Group assessment | 第46页 |
| ·Comparison between Learning Together and Traditional learning | 第46-49页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第49-64页 |
| ·Pre-experiment questionnaire results and discussion | 第49-50页 |
| ·Pre-test and the results discussion | 第50-51页 |
| ·Results for Hypothesis 1: complex and time-consuming and the potential problems | 第51-53页 |
| ·Results for Hypothesis 2: more effective in promoting all students’academic achievements | 第53-56页 |
| ·Results for Hypothesis 3: Low-achieving students won’t impede high-achieving ones | 第56-57页 |
| ·Results for Question 4: other positive effects of CL | 第57-60页 |
| ·Interpretation of the results | 第60-64页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS | 第64-67页 |
| ·Significant findings of the study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications of the research results | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第65-67页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第67-71页 |
| APPENDICES | 第71-80页 |
