| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research significance and objectives | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of this thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Lite rature Review | 第16-31页 |
| ·Relevant concepts in assessment | 第16-17页 |
| ·Assessment and tests | 第16页 |
| ·Assessment types | 第16-17页 |
| ·Oral assessment history,models and designs | 第17-22页 |
| ·Oral assessment history | 第17页 |
| ·Oral assessment models | 第17-19页 |
| ·Oral assessment designs | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment | 第22-31页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment methods | 第22-24页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment tasks | 第24-25页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment rating | 第25-27页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment validity and reliability | 第27-28页 |
| ·Studies on oral assessment washback effect | 第28-29页 |
| ·Review of oral assessment studies | 第29-31页 |
| 3. Methodology | 第31-37页 |
| ·Research Contexts | 第31-32页 |
| ·Participants | 第32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-35页 |
| ·Samples of oral assessment | 第32页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interview | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection Procedures | 第35-36页 |
| ·Documentations of oral assessment in A and B | 第35页 |
| ·Administering teacher and student questionnaires | 第35-36页 |
| ·Conducting interviews | 第36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| 4. Results | 第37-48页 |
| ·Classroom-based oral assessment in the two universities | 第37-39页 |
| ·Teachers and students' participation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Oral assessment format,content and task | 第38页 |
| ·Oral assessment scoring | 第38-39页 |
| ·Teachers and students' perceptions of the classroom-based oral assessment | 第39-48页 |
| ·Oral English ability and the necessity of the CBOA | 第39页 |
| ·The overall design of the CBOA | 第39-41页 |
| ·The content of the CBOA | 第41页 |
| ·The tasks of the CBOA | 第41-43页 |
| ·The atmosphere,time and inspector of the CBOA | 第43-44页 |
| ·The scoring of the CBOA | 第44-45页 |
| ·Their participation in the CBOA | 第45-46页 |
| ·The washback of the CBOA | 第46-47页 |
| ·Expertise and training in the oral assessment field | 第47-48页 |
| 5. Discussion | 第48-58页 |
| ·Merits of the current classroom-based oral assessment practices | 第48-49页 |
| ·Common problems with the current classroom-based oral assessment | 第49-56页 |
| ·Unspecific goals and purposes for the oral assessment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Inadequate task variety and uninteresting topics for oral assessment | 第50-51页 |
| ·Subjectivity in scoring and confusing components of oral grades | 第51-52页 |
| ·Poor feedback to students and lack of self-evaluation mechanism | 第52-54页 |
| ·Teacher's deficient expertise in oral assessment and limited training opportunities | 第54-55页 |
| ·Absence of students' involvement | 第55-56页 |
| ·From assessment of learning to assessment for learning | 第56-58页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第58-64页 |
| ·Summary of findings in the present study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Implications for practice | 第59-62页 |
| ·Attaching more importance to oral English teaching | 第59-60页 |
| ·Decoding standards into specific and measurable assessment objectives | 第60页 |
| ·Enhancing more descriptive feedback to students | 第60-61页 |
| ·Increasing more formative assessment and students' involvement | 第61页 |
| ·Establishing assessment database and self-evaluation mechanism | 第61页 |
| ·Providing teachers with more training opportunities in oral assessment | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-69页 |
| Appendix A | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix B | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix C | 第75页 |
