| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1.1 The importance of spoken English | 第10页 |
| 1.1.2 The age characteristics of junior high school students | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.3 Requirements of new curriculum standards for junior middle schoolstudents’ spoken English | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.4 The present situation of Longwen middle school spoken Englishteaching | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research significance | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1 Tao Xingzhi’s Life Education theory | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The influence of Dewey’s educational thought on the creation of TaoXingzhi’s life-education theory | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.2 The creativeness of Tao Xingzhi’s life-education theory | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Researches of spoken English teaching at home and abroad | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Research of spoken English test | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical basis | 第23-29页 |
| 3.1 Spoken English teaching | 第23页 |
| 3.2 Effective teaching | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3 Teaching strategy | 第24-25页 |
| 3.4 Communicative teaching theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3.5 L2 motivation theories | 第26-29页 |
| 3.5.1 Need hierarchy theory | 第26-27页 |
| 3.5.2 The three-level framework of foreign language learning motivation | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four Research design | 第29-37页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第29页 |
| 4.2 Research subjects | 第29-30页 |
| 4.3 Research instruments | 第30-31页 |
| 4.4 Research procedures | 第31-37页 |
| 4.4.1 Making teaching objectives life-oriented | 第31-33页 |
| 4.4.2 Making teaching contents close to life | 第33-34页 |
| 4.4.3 Making teaching environment life-oriented | 第34-35页 |
| 4.4.4 Multiplicate teaching methods | 第35页 |
| 4.4.5 Multiplicate teaching evaluation | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Five Data Collection and Analysis | 第37-45页 |
| 5.1 The analysis of questionnaire | 第37-41页 |
| 5.2 The analysis of pre-test | 第41-42页 |
| 5.3 The analysis of post-test and the comparison with the pre-test | 第42-43页 |
| 5.4 The analysis of classroom observations | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第45-50页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第45-47页 |
| 6.2 Pedagogical implication and suggestions | 第47-48页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and prospects | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Appendix I | 第53-55页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第56-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第59-60页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的科研成果清单 | 第60页 |
