| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第8页 |
| ·The Background of the Present Study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第10-16页 |
| ·The Present Conditions of English Teaching in Junior Middle School | 第10-11页 |
| ·The New Curriculum Reform and the New English Curriculum Standards | 第11-12页 |
| ·The New Textbook ‘Go for it! | 第12-16页 |
| 2 Review of the Literature on Task-based Language Teaching | 第16-34页 |
| ·Definitions and Criterial Features of a Task | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definitions of a Task | 第16-18页 |
| ·Criterial Features of a Task | 第18-19页 |
| ·Other Aspects of Tasks | 第19-21页 |
| ·Task Classification | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Design Features of Tasks | 第20-21页 |
| ·Study on Task-based Language Teaching | 第21-34页 |
| ·Historical Development of Task-based Language Teaching | 第21-25页 |
| ·Principles of Task-based Language Teaching | 第25-29页 |
| ·Pedagogic Goals of TBLT | 第29-30页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of TBLT | 第30-34页 |
| 3 The Present Study | 第34-44页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Hypotheses, Research Subjects, Materials and Instruments | 第35-38页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Teaching Material | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-38页 |
| ·Procedures | 第38-44页 |
| ·A Survey on Students’ Emotions and Attitudes, Strategies and Cultural Awareness in Learning English at the Beginning of the Experiment | 第38-39页 |
| ·A Pre-test on the Overall English Levels and the Respective Levels of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills | 第39页 |
| ·Teaching Methods Adopted | 第39-44页 |
| ·A Post-test on the Overall English Levels and the Respective Levels of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing | 第44页 |
| ·A Questionnaire on Emotions and Attitudes, Learning Strategies and Cultural Awareness at the End of the Experiment | 第44页 |
| 4 Data Collection and Analysis | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Findings and Analysis of the Post-test | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Findings and Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第46-48页 |
| 5 Some Incidental Findings from the Interview and the Observation | 第48-52页 |
| ·Results of the Interview with Students | 第48-50页 |
| ·Interest | 第48-49页 |
| ·Attitude | 第49页 |
| ·Motivation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Learning Strategies | 第50页 |
| ·Cultural Awareness | 第50页 |
| ·Findings from the Observation | 第50-52页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第52-58页 |
| ·Findings of the Experimental Study | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Advantages of TBLT | 第53-55页 |
| ·Some Revelations from the Study | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第56-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix A：A Page from the Textbook | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix B：Test Achievements and Test Papers | 第62-77页 |
| Appendix C：The Questionnaire and Interview Questions | 第77-80页 |
| Appendix D：Sample Teaching Plans | 第80-86页 |
