| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·The significance and purpose of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-33页 |
| ·Definition and characteristics of CLT | 第15-17页 |
| ·Theoretical bases of CLT | 第17-21页 |
| ·Theory of language | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theory of learning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Relevant researches on CLT in the West | 第21-26页 |
| ·Relevant researches on CLT in China | 第26-32页 |
| ·Research questions of the study | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第33-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33-35页 |
| ·Survey subjects | 第33页 |
| ·Interview subjects | 第33-35页 |
| ·Instruments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Teachers’questionnaire | 第35页 |
| ·Students’questionnaire | 第35-36页 |
| ·Semi-constructed interview | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Result and Discussion | 第38-54页 |
| ·Research question 1: What are the attitudes of the English teachers of the Chinese senior middle school towards CLT? | 第38-41页 |
| ·Research question 2: What are the attitudes of the students of the Chinese senior middle school towards CLT? | 第41-47页 |
| ·Question 3: What are the constraints for implementation of CLT in the Chinese senior middle school? | 第47-54页 |
| ·Grammar-based exam-oriented teaching | 第49-50页 |
| ·Big class size and class management | 第50页 |
| ·Limited class time | 第50-51页 |
| ·Low level of students’English proficiency and communicative | 第51页 |
| ·EFL Context | 第51-52页 |
| ·Traditional teaching and learning style | 第52-53页 |
| ·Teachers’lack of training on applying CLT in EFL teaching | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implications | 第54-59页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implication | 第55-58页 |
| ·Modifying examination system | 第55页 |
| ·Reducing class size | 第55-56页 |
| ·Combining communicative activities and non-communication activities | 第56页 |
| ·Providing more practical in-service trainings for English teachers | 第56-57页 |
| ·Creating opportunities for the real use of the language | 第57页 |
| ·Making full use of any materials available | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-66页 |
| Appendix I | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix II | 第68-70页 |
| Publications | 第70页 |
