| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| A LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| A LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE THESIS | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第15-18页 |
| ·Statement of the Problems | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第16页 |
| ·Necessity and Purpose of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER 2 RELEVANT LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-43页 |
| ·An Overview | 第18页 |
| ·Research on Anxiety | 第18-20页 |
| ·Definition of Anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classification of Anxiety | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research on Foreign Language Anxiety | 第20-24页 |
| ·Definition of Language Anxiety | 第20-21页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Foreign Language Anxiety | 第21-23页 |
| ·Measurement of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research on Cooperative Learning | 第24-36页 |
| ·Definition of Cooperative Learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning | 第25-28页 |
| ·Positive Interdependence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Face-to-Face Group Interaction | 第26页 |
| ·Individual Accountability | 第26-27页 |
| ·Development of Small Group Social Skills | 第27页 |
| ·Group Processing | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Main Methods of Cooperative Learning | 第28-29页 |
| ·Cooperative Learning and Student Achievement | 第29-32页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第32-34页 |
| ·Vygotsky's Viewpoints on Cognitive Development | 第33页 |
| ·Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第33-34页 |
| ·A Rationale for Using Cooperative Learning | 第34-36页 |
| ·Reducing Anxiety | 第34-35页 |
| ·Promoting Interaction | 第35页 |
| ·Providing Comprehensible Input and Output | 第35页 |
| ·Increasing Self-confidence and Self-esteem | 第35-36页 |
| ·Increasing Motivation | 第36页 |
| ·Research on Task-based Interaction through Cooperative Learning Techniques | 第36-42页 |
| ·Definition of a Task | 第36-37页 |
| ·Components of a Task | 第37-38页 |
| ·Types of Tasks | 第38-40页 |
| ·Characteristics of Task-based Interaction | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY | 第43-55页 |
| ·An Overview | 第43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-48页 |
| ·The FLCAS | 第44-47页 |
| ·Language Proficiency Tests | 第47页 |
| ·The Interview | 第47-48页 |
| ·Process of the Experiment | 第48-52页 |
| ·Timescale for the Experiment | 第48页 |
| ·The Implementation of the First Test of the Students' Anxiety Level | 第48-49页 |
| ·Grouping work | 第49页 |
| ·The Treatment Conditions | 第49-52页 |
| ·Treatment for the Control Class Introducing | 第50-51页 |
| ·Treatment for the Experiment Class | 第51-52页 |
| ·Introducing Cooperative Learning to the Students | 第51页 |
| ·Grouping the Students | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implementing Cooperative Learning in Task-based Classes | 第52页 |
| ·Procedures for Data-collection and Data-analysis | 第52-55页 |
| ·Procedures for Data-collection | 第53页 |
| ·Procedures for Data-analysis | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESEARCH RESULTS | 第55-65页 |
| ·An Overview | 第55页 |
| ·Results of the Students' Language Anxiety Level | 第55-58页 |
| ·Differences between Classes before the Treatment | 第55-56页 |
| ·Differences between Classes after the Treatment | 第56-57页 |
| ·Differences within Classes after the Treatment | 第57-58页 |
| ·Results of the Proficiency Tests | 第58-59页 |
| ·Difference between the Two Classes before the Treatment | 第58页 |
| ·Difference between the Two Classes after the Treatment | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Results of the Interview | 第59-64页 |
| ·The Interview before the Experiment | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Interview after the Experiment | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第65-74页 |
| ·Overview | 第65页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion | 第65-72页 |
| ·Instruction | 第65-66页 |
| ·Interpretation | 第66-72页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question One | 第66-67页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question Two | 第67-71页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question Three | 第71-72页 |
| ·An Additional Finding | 第72-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第74-78页 |
| ·An Overview | 第74页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implication for Teaching | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第76-77页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第77-78页 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 第78-81页 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 第81-82页 |
| APPENDIX 3 | 第82-85页 |
| APPENDIX 4 | 第85-89页 |
| APPENDIX 5 | 第89-104页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第104-111页 |
| 附: 在校期间在省级以上刊物上公开发表的学术论文 | 第111-112页 |
