| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第9-11页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| ·Teacher Questions | 第14-17页 |
| ·Basic concepts of questioning | 第14-15页 |
| ·Functions of teacher questioning | 第15-16页 |
| ·Summary | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous studies of teacher questioning | 第17-32页 |
| ·Question types | 第17-22页 |
| ·Barnes' classification | 第17页 |
| ·Long and Sato's classification | 第17页 |
| ·A cognitive classification | 第17-20页 |
| ·Display and Referential Questions | 第20-22页 |
| ·Questioning strategies | 第22-25页 |
| ·Wait-time | 第25-26页 |
| ·Teacher feedback | 第26-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology and Data | 第32-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32-33页 |
| ·Methodology | 第33-35页 |
| ·Classroom observations and audio recording | 第33-34页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第34-35页 |
| ·Procedures of data collection and analysis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Procedures of data collection | 第35页 |
| ·Procedures of data analysis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-64页 |
| ·General characteristics of teacher questioning | 第38-49页 |
| ·Priority of display questions over referential ones and lower-level questions over higher-level ones | 第38-43页 |
| ·Fewer questioning strategies applied in class | 第43-44页 |
| ·Less wait-time for students to figure out the answers | 第44-46页 |
| ·More positive feedback than negative feedback | 第46-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49页 |
| ·Question types and students' oral production in class | 第49-52页 |
| ·Questioning strategies and students' oral production in class | 第52-55页 |
| ·Wait-time and students' oral production in class | 第55-56页 |
| ·Teacher feedback and students' oral production in class | 第56-64页 |
| ·Positive feedback and students' oral production in class | 第56-58页 |
| ·Negative feedback and students' oral production in class | 第58-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-70页 |
| ·Summary of the research | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第65-68页 |
| ·What to ask | 第66页 |
| ·When to ask | 第66-67页 |
| ·How to ask | 第67-68页 |
| ·How to respond | 第68页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Codes of transcription | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Results of Questionnaire Survey to students | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Results of Questionnaire Survey to teachers | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Sample transcript of one teacher | 第79-88页 |
