| English Abstract | 第3页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| 1.1 The Problems of English Teaching in Middle School | 第7-8页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第8-10页 |
| 2. Theories on Interactive Language Teaching and Communicative Competence | 第10-21页 |
| 2.1 Social Interaction theory | 第10-11页 |
| 2.2 Social Constructivist Theory | 第11-17页 |
| 2.2.1 Social Constructivist View of Education | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2.2 The Teacher as the Mediator | 第13-17页 |
| 2.3 Humanistic approaches | 第17-21页 |
| 3. The Problems in Interactive Language Teaching and Communicative Competence in Middle School | 第21-29页 |
| 3.1 Description of Communicative Competence and Interactive Language Teaching | 第21-23页 |
| 3.1.1 On Communicative Competence | 第21-22页 |
| 3.1.2 Interactive Language Teaching | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Students’Lack of Communicative Competence | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3 The Causes of Students’Lack of Communicative Competence | 第24-27页 |
| 3.3.1 Teacher-centered Classrooms | 第24页 |
| 3.3.2 Lack of Language Learning Environment | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3.3 Lack of Motivation | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.4 Lack of Language Learning Strategy | 第26-27页 |
| 3.4 Teachers’Lack of Communication Strategies | 第27-29页 |
| 4. Interactive Language Teaching and Communicative Competence | 第29-40页 |
| 4.1 Teaching English as Communication | 第29-31页 |
| 4.2 Interaction——the Key to Communicative Language Teaching | 第31-37页 |
| 4.2.1 Teacher——student Interaction | 第32-34页 |
| 4.2.2 Student——student Interaction | 第34-36页 |
| 4.2.3 Interaction of Reader and Text | 第36-37页 |
| 4.3 The Role of the Teacher in the Interactive Teaching | 第37-40页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第40-42页 |
| References | 第42-45页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第45页 |
