| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·The topic of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The purpose and significance of the study | 第13-16页 |
| ·Research questions | 第16页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Empirical Studies: A Selective Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| ·Studies on interaction | 第19-24页 |
| ·The importance of classroom interaction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classroom interaction, learning and teaching | 第20-24页 |
| ·Studies on teacher questions | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第27-39页 |
| ·Social interactionist theories | 第27-30页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic interactionist theories | 第30-34页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of present study | 第34-37页 |
| ·The concept of scaffolding | 第34-36页 |
| ·Teacher goals | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Part 1: On Teacher Questions in Classroom Conversational Interaction | 第39-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39-40页 |
| ·Study on Teacher Questions in Classroom Conversational Interaction | 第40-44页 |
| ·Methodology | 第40页 |
| ·Context | 第40页 |
| ·Participants | 第40-41页 |
| ·Class materials | 第41页 |
| ·Data collection techniques | 第41-42页 |
| ·The teacher's expressed goals | 第42-43页 |
| ·Classroom data | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Part 2: On Teacher Questions in Classroom Conversational Interaction | 第45-59页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第45-53页 |
| ·R questions | 第45页 |
| ·DM questions | 第45-49页 |
| ·RDF questions | 第49-51页 |
| ·MCF questions | 第51-52页 |
| ·D and FC questions | 第52-53页 |
| ·Analysis about the result of the study | 第53-57页 |
| ·Function of question types discussed in the thesis | 第53-54页 |
| ·Analysis of the result of the study | 第54页 |
| ·Making up the Defeats of the study | 第54-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第59-64页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第59-61页 |
| ·Implication on the present English class | 第61-62页 |
| ·Concluding remarks of the study | 第62页 |
| ·Limitations and further study | 第62-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Further study | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第75-76页 |