| Abstract in English | 第1-11页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第11-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·The Development of Schema Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Schema Theory in ESL/EFL Teaching at home and abroad | 第18-22页 |
| ·Schema Theory and Reading Comprehension | 第18-20页 |
| ·Schema Theory and Listening Comprehension | 第20-21页 |
| ·Schema Theory and the Teaching of Speaking and Writing | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Role of Speaking Under Different Teaching Approaches | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Present Situation of the Teaching of Spoken English in Chinese Senior High Schools | 第23-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Basis of the Present Study | 第27-41页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第27-33页 |
| ·The History of Schema Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Classifications of Schema | 第29-31页 |
| ·Features of Schema | 第31-32页 |
| ·Functions of Schema | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Models of Information Processing | 第33-35页 |
| ·Bottom-Up Processing | 第34页 |
| ·Top-down Processing | 第34-35页 |
| ·Interactive-Compensatory Model | 第35页 |
| ·The Nature of Speaking | 第35-39页 |
| ·Definitions of Speaking | 第35-36页 |
| ·Characteristics of Speaking | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Importance of Speaking | 第37-39页 |
| ·Schema and Speaking Teaching | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Application of Schema Theory to Teaching Spoken English | 第41-59页 |
| ·Different Categories of Schemata in the Teaching of Spoken English | 第41-52页 |
| ·Linguistic Schemata and Spoken English Teaching | 第41-47页 |
| ·Formal Schemata and Spoken English Teaching | 第47-49页 |
| ·Content Schema and Spoken English Teaching | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Three Information Processing Models and Spoken English Teaching | 第52-58页 |
| ·Bottom-up Processing | 第52-54页 |
| ·Top-down Processing | 第54-56页 |
| ·Interactive Model | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology of the Present Study | 第59-74页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第59页 |
| ·Subjects of the Research | 第59页 |
| ·Instruments | 第59-70页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第60-63页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第63-66页 |
| ·An Experiment | 第66-69页 |
| ·Post-test | 第69-70页 |
| ·An Interview | 第70页 |
| ·Data Collection and Data Analysis of the Pre-test and the Post-test | 第70-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第74-82页 |
| ·Results | 第74-75页 |
| ·Discussions | 第75-81页 |
| ·Problems lying in the teaching and learning of spoken English | 第75-77页 |
| ·Cause Analysis | 第77-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-82页 |
| Chapter Six Pedagogical Implications and Suggestions | 第82-94页 |
| ·Enriching Students’Schemata | 第82-85页 |
| ·Constructing Relevant Schemata | 第82-84页 |
| ·Activating Existing Schema | 第84-85页 |
| ·Efficient Ways to improve the students’speaking ability | 第85-90页 |
| ·Stressing Pre-speaking Preparations | 第85-87页 |
| ·Designing proper activities | 第87-88页 |
| ·Vocabulary Development | 第88-89页 |
| ·Encouraging Students’Extensive Reading and Listening | 第89-90页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第90-93页 |
| ·Limitations of Schema Theory | 第90-91页 |
| ·Factors Affecting the Validity and Authenticity of the Two Spoken Tests | 第91页 |
| ·Limitations of the Experiment | 第91-92页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第92-93页 |
| ·Summary | 第93-94页 |
| Conclusion | 第94-96页 |
| Bibliography | 第96-101页 |
| Appendix | 第101-109页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第109-110页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表文章 | 第110页 |
