| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Content | 第8-12页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Statement of Problem | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypothesis | 第16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第16页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第18-37页 |
| ·The View of Behaviorism | 第18页 |
| ·The Input Hypothesis | 第18-20页 |
| ·Output Hypotheses | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cognitive Accounts of Second Language Acquisition | 第22-25页 |
| ·Related Study of Recitation | 第25-37页 |
| ·Overview of Recitation | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Analysis of Recitation Activity | 第27-34页 |
| ·Recitation and Memory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Recitation Is a Kind of Language Input | 第28-29页 |
| ·Recitation Can Reinforce and Perfect the Language Output | 第29-32页 |
| ·Recitation Makes Creation | 第32页 |
| ·Comparison of Reading and Recitation | 第32-34页 |
| ·Recitation in China | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Significance of This Study | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Empirical Study | 第37-48页 |
| ·Participants | 第37-38页 |
| ·Instruments | 第38-39页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第38页 |
| ·Pretest | 第38-39页 |
| ·Materials | 第39页 |
| ·Posttest | 第39页 |
| ·Interview | 第39页 |
| ·The Implementation of the Research | 第39-45页 |
| ·Pretest Stage | 第40-42页 |
| ·Practice Stage | 第42-43页 |
| ·Post-test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Interview | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data Collecting | 第45-48页 |
| ·Scoring | 第45-47页 |
| ·Testers | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion | 第48-67页 |
| ·Result | 第48-54页 |
| ·Oral Performance and Statistical Analysis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Writing Performance and Statistical Analysis | 第49页 |
| ·The Result of Interview | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Comparison of the Effects of Recitation and Reading Aloud | 第53-54页 |
| ·Discussions | 第54-59页 |
| ·Problems of College Students' Language Learning | 第54-59页 |
| ·Chinese Student are Calling for Sufficient and Suitable Language Input | 第55-57页 |
| ·Output of Student is Even Rare in China | 第57页 |
| ·Positive Motivation of Student should be Advocated | 第57-59页 |
| ·Major Findings from the Empirical Studies | 第59-67页 |
| ·Recitation Can Strengthen the Learners' Memorizing of New Words | 第60-61页 |
| ·Getting Rid of the Interference and the Negative Transfer of the Chinese | 第61-63页 |
| ·Turning the Explicit Knowledge into Implicit Knowledge | 第63-65页 |
| ·Help the Student Foster a Positive Attitude toward English Study | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Implications and Suggestions | 第67-74页 |
| ·Some Implications to the Teachers' Teaching Methodology | 第67-68页 |
| ·Some Suggestions on the Effective Recitation | 第68-74页 |
| ·Encourage the Students to Choose Their Recitation Material by themselves | 第69-70页 |
| ·Good Recitation Materials Are Necessary | 第70-71页 |
| ·Some Recitation Skills Are Advised | 第71-72页 |
| ·Persistence and Reinforcement Are Required through-out the Recitation Practice | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第74页 |
| ·Limitations and Future Plan of This Study | 第74-76页 |
| References | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaire | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Pretest Paper | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Posttest Paper | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Some Passages from the Experiment Material | 第84-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Interviews | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Scoring Criteria of College English Oral Performance | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ Scoring Criteria of CET4 Writing Performance | 第89-91页 |
