| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·General Research Questions | 第15页 |
| ·General Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-32页 |
| ·Theoretical and Empirical Studies on Homework | 第17-27页 |
| ·Definitions of Terms | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Functions of Homework | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Purposes of Homework | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Types of Homework | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Amount of Homework | 第25-26页 |
| ·Homework and Academic Achievement | 第26-27页 |
| ·Studies on English Homework Design in China | 第27-28页 |
| ·Theories Related to Senior English Homework Design | 第28-32页 |
| ·Senior High New English Curriculum Standards and its Application | 第28-29页 |
| ·Zone of Proximal development Theory and its Application | 第29-30页 |
| ·Multiple Intelligences Theory and its Application | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第32-46页 |
| ·Research Design | 第32页 |
| ·Participants | 第32-34页 |
| ·Participants for Qualitative Data Collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Participants for Quantitative Data Collection | 第34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-46页 |
| ·Interview | 第34-39页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第39-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第46-64页 |
| ·Aspects of English Homework Design Teachers Consider Most | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Status of the Present English Homework Design | 第49-60页 |
| ·Results Presentation and Discussion of Teachers' Questionnaire | 第49-53页 |
| ·Results Presentation and Discussion of Students' Questionnaire | 第53-60页 |
| ·Analyses of Cases of English homework | 第60-64页 |
| ·Homework Assignments Being Real-life and Practical | 第60-61页 |
| ·Homework Assignments Being Various and Optional | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions and Implications | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-66页 |
| ·Implications | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第67页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-74页 |
| Appendix A Guideline for Interview | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix B Teachers' Questionnaire | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix C Students' Questionnaire | 第77-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79页 |
