| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Chinese Abstractⅳ | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations#ⅷ | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| ·Overview of the Activity-based Approach | 第14-19页 |
| ·Origins, Nature and Definition of the Activity-based Approach | 第14-16页 |
| ·Rationale of the Activity-based Approach | 第16-19页 |
| ·Related Studies | 第19-30页 |
| ·Studies on Activities | 第19-25页 |
| ·Relating Activities to Young Learners' Second Language Acquisition | 第25-30页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第32-52页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第32页 |
| ·Research Design | 第32-33页 |
| ·Quantitative Design | 第33-48页 |
| ·Experimental Design | 第33-45页 |
| ·Survey | 第45-48页 |
| ·Qualitative Design | 第48-52页 |
| ·Interviews | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第52-69页 |
| ·The Results and Discussions about the Young Learners | 第52-65页 |
| ·Comparison in English Oral Test Scores between the Two Class | 第52-53页 |
| ·Comparison in English Written Test Scores between the Two Class | 第53-55页 |
| ·Comparison in Self-monitoring Ability between the Two Classes | 第55-57页 |
| ·Motivation, Confidence, and Anxiety regarding the Learning of English | 第57-61页 |
| ·Young Learners' opinions of Classroom Activities | 第61-65页 |
| ·The Teacher's Views about and Attitude towards the Activity-based Approach | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-76页 |
| ·Major Results | 第69-70页 |
| ·Implications | 第70-73页 |
| ·Limitations | 第73-74页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第74-76页 |
| References | 第76-87页 |
| AppendixⅠ Pre-and Post-Oral tests and Scoring Criteria | 第87-90页 |
| AppendixⅡ Pre-and Post-Oral tests and Answers for Teachers'Reference | 第90-95页 |
| AppendixⅢ Pre-and Post-Questionnaires to the Students | 第95-97页 |
