| Table of Contents | 第1-6页 |
| Note on Transcriptions | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·The Origin of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Aim and Rationale of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-36页 |
| ·Games in Young English Learning | 第18-22页 |
| ·What is "Game" | 第18-19页 |
| ·Game Teaching Method in Ancient and Modern Time | 第19-22页 |
| ·Children's Cognitive and Psychological Feature on English Learning | 第22-29页 |
| ·Cognitive Ability of the Children | 第22-27页 |
| ·Psychological Feature of the Young Learners | 第27-29页 |
| ·Learning by Doing from John Dewey | 第29-30页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition(SLA) | 第30-36页 |
| ·Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition | 第30-32页 |
| ·Stephen Krashen's Theories of SLA | 第32-34页 |
| ·Rod Ellis's Theories of Intake Hypothesis | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第36-40页 |
| ·Participants | 第36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36-38页 |
| ·Interview | 第37页 |
| ·Classroom Observation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第38页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Findings:Learning by Games | 第40-74页 |
| Introduction | 第40-73页 |
| ·Overall Survey of Children's Attitude towards Games | 第40-45页 |
| ·Pedagogic Nature of Games | 第45-64页 |
| ·General Image of an Authentic Game | 第45-50页 |
| ·Cross-subjects | 第50-54页 |
| ·Competition | 第54-55页 |
| ·Interest | 第55-59页 |
| ·Learning by Doing | 第59-64页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition in the Game | 第64-70页 |
| ·Inadequate Comprehensive Input | 第64-67页 |
| ·Beyond the Current Linguistic Level | 第67-70页 |
| ·Discourse Control in the Game | 第70-73页 |
| Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter Five Implication and Conclusion | 第74-83页 |
| ·Conditions for Successful Games | 第74-75页 |
| ·Principles for the Teacher to Follow When Organizing the Game | 第75-79页 |
| ·Interest-focused Principle(Intrinsic Motivation) | 第75-76页 |
| ·Learner-center Principle | 第76-77页 |
| ·Task-based Principle | 第77-78页 |
| ·Multi-intelligence Development Principle | 第78-79页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ:Transcripton of Interview with the English Teacher from Overseas | 第89-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ:Transcription of Interview with a Native English Teacher in Primary School | 第91-96页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ:Transcription of Interview with the Four Pupils | 第96-98页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ:A Questionnaire to Pupils | 第98-99页 |
