| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Background and Topic Selection | 第10页 |
| ·Research Status | 第10-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Usage of Terms in the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Arrangement of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Reviews | 第15-31页 |
| ·Development Phases of Language Assessment and Language Ability Models | 第15-23页 |
| ·Development Phases of Language Assessment | 第15-17页 |
| ·Development Phases of Language Ability Models | 第17-23页 |
| ·Task-based Language Assessment | 第23-26页 |
| ·Basic Conceptions of TBLA | 第24-25页 |
| ·Why TBLA? | 第25-26页 |
| ·Perspectives on Modern Language Assessment | 第26-28页 |
| ·Development Trend of Modern Language Assessment | 第26-27页 |
| ·Performance Assessment | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Reality of Language Assessment in China | 第28-30页 |
| ·General Description of the Current Language Assessment | 第28-29页 |
| ·General Description of the Current Listening Comprehension Assessment | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter Two | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Rationale Exploration on Task-based Assessment of Listening | 第31-55页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension | 第31-39页 |
| ·Nature of Listening Comprehension | 第31-33页 |
| ·Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Process of Listening Comprehension | 第34-36页 |
| ·Listening Construct in Task-based Assessment of Listening | 第36-39页 |
| ·“Tasks” in Task-based Assessment of Listening | 第39-53页 |
| ·What is Task？ | 第39-44页 |
| ·Task Components | 第44-49页 |
| ·Investigating Listening Task Difficulty | 第49-53页 |
| Summary of Chapter Three | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four Empirical Research | 第55-60页 |
| ·Study Aims and Methods | 第55页 |
| ·Study Processes | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Tentative Test Implement | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Questionnaire Implement | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Interview Implement | 第59页 |
| Summary of Chapter Four | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five Data Analysis and Discussion | 第60-74页 |
| ·The Summary Statistics of the Empirical Research | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Validation of the Reliability and Validity | 第61-65页 |
| ·The Validation of the Test Reliability and Validity | 第61-63页 |
| ·Reliability Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第63-65页 |
| ·The Results Analysis of the Listening Test | 第65-68页 |
| ·Descriptive of Total Task Performance | 第65-67页 |
| ·Descriptive of Each Task Performance | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Questionnaires Analysis | 第68-70页 |
| ·Findings from the Interview | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discussion | 第71-73页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter Five | 第73-74页 |
| Conclusion | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Rost’s Classification of Listener Ability | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Buck’s Description of Listening Abilit | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Bachman’s Description of Listening Task Characteristics | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Listening Test (30 Minutes | 第84-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Questionnaire | 第87-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89页 |
