| 1 Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| ·Practice of group work in EFL class in China | 第10-11页 |
| ·English teaching and learning situation in China | 第10-11页 |
| ·Problems with group work in practice | 第11页 |
| ·Intention of the present study | 第11-13页 |
| 2 Literature review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation of group work | 第13-16页 |
| ·Cooperative learning | 第13-14页 |
| ·Communicative approach | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous research on group work | 第16-19页 |
| 3 Experiments in group work practice | 第19-24页 |
| ·Hypotheses and research question | 第19-20页 |
| ·Subjects | 第20页 |
| ·Setting | 第20页 |
| ·Tasks | 第20-22页 |
| ·Transcription and coding | 第22-24页 |
| 4 Results and analysis | 第24-33页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the first two experiments | 第24-28页 |
| ·Language production | 第24-26页 |
| ·Modified interaction | 第26-28页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the third experiment | 第28-33页 |
| ·Language production | 第29-30页 |
| ·Modified interaction | 第30-33页 |
| 5 Suggestions obtained through the experiments | 第33-39页 |
| ·Suggestions on group work design of EFL textbooks | 第33-35页 |
| ·Evaluation of group work in two EFL textbooks | 第33-34页 |
| ·Suggestions on group work design | 第34-35页 |
| ·Suggestions on group work organization | 第35-39页 |
| ·Clear instruction of the task | 第36页 |
| ·Specification of each student's role | 第36-37页 |
| ·Teacher's role during group work | 第37-39页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第39-42页 |
| Bibliography | 第42-46页 |
| Appendix A | 第46-47页 |
| Appendix B | 第47-48页 |
| Appendix C | 第48-49页 |
| Appendix D | 第49-50页 |
