| Chapter One: Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| Chapter Two: Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·The definition of task | 第15-18页 |
| ·Communicative language leaching | 第18页 |
| ·Task-based language teaching | 第18-19页 |
| ·Task-based language learning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Types of tasks | 第21-23页 |
| ·Willis' classification | 第21-22页 |
| ·Nunan' classification | 第22-23页 |
| ·The features and principles of task-based language teaching | 第23-26页 |
| ·The features of TBLT | 第23-24页 |
| ·The principles of TBLT | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three: The Significance of Task-based Language Teaching in Schools. | 第26-31页 |
| ·The advantages of TBLT | 第26-27页 |
| ·The necessity of task-based language teaching | 第27页 |
| ·Old textbook and new teaching method | 第27-28页 |
| ·National standards for English curriculum | 第28页 |
| ·The framework of task-based language teaching | 第28-29页 |
| ·The evaluation of task-based language teaching | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four: Problem Identification | 第31-34页 |
| ·The aim of action research | 第31-32页 |
| ·Description of the teaching situation | 第32-33页 |
| ·In comparative class | 第32页 |
| ·In experimental class | 第32-33页 |
| ·Problem identified | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Five: Implementation of the Action Research Plan | 第34-42页 |
| ·Preliminary investigation | 第34-37页 |
| ·Investigation of learning ways | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analysis tool and procedures | 第36-37页 |
| ·The ways to solve the problem | 第37-39页 |
| ·What students should do during the tasks | 第37-38页 |
| ·Group activities | 第38页 |
| ·Arouse the students' interest in speaking English | 第38-39页 |
| ·Action plans | 第39-41页 |
| ·The ways of data collections | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Six: Results and Analysis | 第42-58页 |
| ·Analysis of the classroom experiments | 第42-51页 |
| ·Sample of task | 第42-47页 |
| ·Analysis of a task-based class | 第47-51页 |
| ·Analysis of questionnaires | 第51-54页 |
| ·The first questionnaire | 第51-52页 |
| ·The second questionnaire | 第52-54页 |
| ·Analysis of interviews | 第54-58页 |
| ·Interview one | 第55-56页 |
| ·Interview two | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis of interview | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Seven: Conelusion and Future Research | 第58-61页 |
| ·What I have obtained from the research | 第58-59页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for the future research | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix 1 Tasks for junior three students | 第64-82页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionnaire | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix 3 Pre-test and Post-test | 第84-87页 |
