| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第6-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The purpose of the research | 第11页 |
| ·The significance of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Humanist Psychology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Vygosky’s Social Interactive Theory | 第15页 |
| ·On family background | 第15-17页 |
| ·On English language learning | 第17-20页 |
| ·English language learning | 第17-18页 |
| ·Factors affecting English language learning | 第18-20页 |
| ·Economic status and English language learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·China's socio-economic development demanding people to learn English language | 第18页 |
| ·Influence of household economic conditions on English Learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·The cultural environment and students’English learning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Culture and Family Culture | 第19-20页 |
| ·The function of family culture | 第20页 |
| ·Influence of family cultural background on English language learning | 第20页 |
| ·On English language learners | 第20-23页 |
| ·Learner’s motivation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Learner’s self-esteem | 第22-23页 |
| ·Learner’s self-confidence | 第23页 |
| ·On the relationship between social context and language learning | 第23-24页 |
| ·Relevant researches on the relationship between social context and language learning | 第24-26页 |
| ·Overseas Researches | 第24-25页 |
| ·Domestic Researches | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 English Language Teaching in High School | 第26-36页 |
| ·An investigation of present English teaching in high school | 第26-29页 |
| ·Ignorance of student’s initiative | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ignorance of students’language performance | 第27-28页 |
| ·Limitation of teachers’language proficiency | 第28页 |
| ·Less exposure to English | 第28-29页 |
| ·English language teaching and learning advocated by The English Curriculum Standard | 第29-31页 |
| ·Focusing on students’engagement in language tasks | 第30页 |
| ·Stressing a democratic and harmonious classroom setting | 第30-31页 |
| ·Stressing students’learning strategies | 第31页 |
| ·Teacher’s belief of English language teaching | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design | 第36-43页 |
| ·Purpose | 第36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36页 |
| ·The design of the questionnaire and testing | 第36-37页 |
| ·The design of the interview | 第37-38页 |
| ·Family background | 第38页 |
| ·Data collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第39-41页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of family background and test score | 第39-40页 |
| ·Parents’s expectation and children’s English achievement | 第40-41页 |
| ·Reliability and validity | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Findings and implications | 第43-50页 |
| ·Findings | 第43-44页 |
| ·Implications | 第44-50页 |
| ·Implications for foreign language teachers | 第44-45页 |
| ·Implications for high school foreign language learners | 第45-47页 |
| ·Implications for parents | 第47-50页 |
| ·Suggestions concerning the improvement of parents’ educational backgrounds | 第47-48页 |
| ·Suggestions concerning the improvement of parents’ attention to students’ English learning | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第50-53页 |
| ·Recommendations | 第50-51页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-55页 |
| Appendices | 第55-58页 |
| 在学期间的研究成果 | 第58-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
