| CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| ENGLISH ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEGEMENTS | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1．1 Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1．1．1 The Development of ESL Teaching in China | 第9页 |
| 1．1．2 Traditional way of ESL Teaching in China | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2 Research Questions | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theorctical Bases of LCA | 第13-23页 |
| 2．1 Definitions, premises and objective of LCA | 第13-15页 |
| 2．1．1 Definition of Learner-centered | 第13-14页 |
| 2．1．2 The reason of learner-centered | 第14页 |
| 2．1．3 Premises of the Learner Centered Model | 第14-15页 |
| 2．1．4 The objective of LCA | 第15页 |
| 2．2 Previous Studies relative to LCA | 第15-23页 |
| 2．2．1 Competing concepts of education | 第15-16页 |
| 2．2．2 Humanism and Experiential Psychology | 第16-19页 |
| 2．2．3 Two Concepts Emerged from Humanism and Experiential Learn ing | 第19-23页 |
| 2．2．3．1 Communicative Language Teaching | 第19页 |
| 2．2．3．2 Learner-centered Instruction | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Basic Principles for the learner-centered Approach | 第23-32页 |
| 3．1 Shifts in Teacher and student Roles | 第23-25页 |
| 3．1．1 Teacher's role | 第23-24页 |
| 3．1．2 Students' role | 第24-25页 |
| 3．2 Motivation is essential | 第25-27页 |
| 3．2．1 What is motivation? | 第25-26页 |
| 3．2．2 How to motivate students? | 第26-27页 |
| 3．3． Ways to promote learner autonomy | 第27-30页 |
| 3．3．1 The definition of autonomy | 第28页 |
| 3．3．2 How to improve learner autonomy | 第28-30页 |
| 3．4． Positive feedback is necessary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Investigations and AppIications of the Learner-centered Approach | 第32-49页 |
| 4．1 Investigations of the Learner-centered Approach | 第32-33页 |
| 4．1．1 Questionnaire Design | 第32页 |
| 4．1．2 Participants | 第32页 |
| 4．1．3 Data Collecting | 第32页 |
| 4．1．4 Results and analysis | 第32-33页 |
| 4．2 Applications of the Learner-centered Approach | 第33-43页 |
| 4．2．1 Teaching mode of this learner-centered approach | 第33-34页 |
| 4．2．2 Principles of the activities | 第34-35页 |
| 4．2．3 Practical methods | 第35-43页 |
| 4．2．3．1 In - class Activities | 第35-43页 |
| 4．2．3．2 After-Class Activities | 第43页 |
| 4．3 Analysis and suggestions after the experiment | 第43-49页 |
| 4．3．1 Analysis after the experiment | 第43-44页 |
| 4．3．2 Suggestions after the experiment | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| 5．1 Findings | 第49页 |
| 5．2 Limitation | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix I | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix II | 第56-57页 |
