| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Problems of Students' English Learning | 第15-17页 |
| ·Very Low Starting Level | 第15-16页 |
| ·Negative Attitudes toward English Learning | 第16页 |
| ·Psychological Problems | 第16-17页 |
| ·Basic Situation of English Teaching | 第17-18页 |
| ·Totally Teacher-centered Teaching | 第17-18页 |
| ·Unfavorable Effects of Summative Assessment | 第18页 |
| ·Necessity of Replacing Summative Assessment with Formative Assessment in Vocational Schools | 第18-19页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of This Research | 第19-20页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-37页 |
| ·Formative Assessment | 第21-25页 |
| ·Common Characteristics of Formative Assessment | 第21-23页 |
| ·Comparison of Formative and Summative Assessment | 第23-24页 |
| ·Advantages of Formative Assessment | 第24-25页 |
| ·Formative Assessment Methods | 第25-27页 |
| ·Self-assessment | 第26-27页 |
| ·Peer-assessment | 第27页 |
| ·Tools and Techniques of Formative Assessment | 第27-32页 |
| ·Observation | 第28页 |
| ·Interviews and Questionnaires | 第28-29页 |
| ·Testing | 第29页 |
| ·Conferences | 第29-30页 |
| ·Portfolios | 第30-32页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第30页 |
| ·Establishment of Portfolios | 第30-31页 |
| ·Advantages of Portfolios | 第31-32页 |
| ·Learning Attitude | 第32-35页 |
| ·Attitude in Language Learning Context | 第32-33页 |
| ·Component Of Language Learning Attitude | 第33-35页 |
| ·Attitude toward the Language | 第33-34页 |
| ·Attitude toward the Target Language Society | 第34页 |
| ·Attitude toward the Learning Situation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Relationship between Formative Assessment and Learning Attitude | 第35页 |
| ·Self-confidence | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第37-47页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37页 |
| ·Subject Description | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第38-39页 |
| ·Questionnaires Used before and after the Research | 第38-39页 |
| ·Two Tests before and after the Research | 第39页 |
| ·Two Interviews before and after the Research | 第39页 |
| ·Procedures of the Research | 第39-47页 |
| ·The First Phase-Preparation of the Experiment | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Second Phase-Application of Formative Assessment | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Third Phrase-Further Data Collections | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Analysis | 第47-63页 |
| ·Results and analysis from the questionnaires | 第47-56页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from the Pre-questionnaire | 第47-51页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from the Post-questionnaire | 第51-56页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from the Interviews | 第56-57页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from the Pre-interview: | 第56-57页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from the Post-interview: | 第57页 |
| ·Results and Analysis from Portfolios | 第57-59页 |
| ·Results from Students' Portfolio(15 Week Plan) | 第57-59页 |
| ·Results from Students' Opinions on Portfolios | 第59页 |
| ·Data and Analysis from Tests | 第59-63页 |
| ·Data and Analysis from Pre-test | 第60页 |
| ·Data and analysis from Post-test | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Findings | 第63-65页 |
| ·Formative Assessment Does Develop Vocational Students' Positive Attitude to English Learning | 第63页 |
| ·Formative Assessment Can Rebuild Vocational Students' Self-confidence | 第63-64页 |
| ·Formative Assessment Does Improve Vocational Students' English Proficiency | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix I Pre-questionnaire | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix II Post-questionnaire | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix III Questions in the First and Second Interview | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix IV Raw Scores for Two Proficiency Test | 第72-73页 |
