| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTIION | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background and the Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-31页 |
| ·Defining Whole-Person Learning (WPL) | 第15-17页 |
| ·Related Learning Theories | 第17-21页 |
| ·Learning from experience | 第17-18页 |
| ·Learning through play theories | 第18-21页 |
| ·Children’s Language Learning and Teaching | 第21-24页 |
| ·Language acquisition theory: The Natural Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Children’s language learning and teaching models | 第22-24页 |
| ·Related Studies | 第24-29页 |
| ·Selected studies on children’s L2/EFL acquisition/learning | 第24-26页 |
| ·EFL programs for children | 第26-28页 |
| ·Studies on multiple intelligences | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conceptual Framework for Data Collection and Analysis | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第31-42页 |
| ·Information Needed | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Research Setting and Sample | 第33-38页 |
| ·The setting | 第33-35页 |
| ·The participants | 第35-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-40页 |
| ·Field observation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Interviews | 第39-40页 |
| ·Case document review | 第40页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第40-42页 |
| ·Data processing | 第41页 |
| ·Data analyzing | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第42-74页 |
| ·Two Representative Whole-Person Learning Stories | 第42-48页 |
| ·WPL story of Nina | 第42-45页 |
| ·WPL story of Angus | 第45-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48页 |
| ·Whole-Person Learning and Language Growth in the DE Center | 第48-55页 |
| ·WPL and language knowledge development | 第49-52页 |
| ·WPL and language skills development | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Whole-person Development in the DE center | 第55-67页 |
| ·Children’s social-emotional development | 第56-59页 |
| ·Children’s cultural development | 第59-61页 |
| ·Children’s cognitive development | 第61-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| ·Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors | 第67-73页 |
| ·Facilitating factors | 第67-71页 |
| ·Inhibiting factors | 第71-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第74-78页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Room for Future Research | 第76-78页 |
| REFERENCES | 第78-85页 |
| APPENDIXES | 第85-94页 |
| Appendix A: Research Description Letter | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix B: Research Participant Consent Form | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix C: Sample Observation Summary Sheet | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix D: Sample Interview Question Guideline | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix E: Coding Scheme for Qualitative Data Analysis | 第90-91页 |
| Appendix F: Extract from A Coded Sample Story | 第91-93页 |
| Appendix G: Frequency Table for Findings of RQ1 and RQ2 | 第93-94页 |
