| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH | 第11-15页 |
| ·Family, school, and student factors in China’s compulsory English education | 第11-12页 |
| ·Some special features of English learning in China’s compulsory education | 第12-15页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH AND OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 第15-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the research | 第15页 |
| ·Overall structure of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| ·RESEARCH ABOUT INFLUENCE OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON LEARNING | 第16-18页 |
| ·RESEARCH ABOUT INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL SETTING ON LEARNING | 第18-21页 |
| ·RESEARCH ABOUT STUDENT EFFECT ON LEARNING | 第21-24页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHOD，DESIGN AND HYPOTHESES OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH .. | 第24-29页 |
| ·METHOD EMPLOYED IN THIS RESEARCH | 第24页 |
| ·DESIGN OF THE RESEARCH | 第24-25页 |
| ·Sampling and the subjects | 第24页 |
| ·Methods of data collection | 第24-25页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research questions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Hypotheses posited before the investigation | 第26页 |
| ·VARIABLES INVOLVED FAMILY, SCHOOL AND STUDENT FACTORS | 第26-29页 |
| ·Variables in the family factor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Variables in the school factor | 第27页 |
| ·Variables in student factor | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER 4 INVESTIGATION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第29-46页 |
| ·THE INVESTIGATION FINDINGS | 第29-36页 |
| ·All family variables have significant influence on English efficiency | 第29-30页 |
| ·Influences of school variables in the survey on English achievements are different | 第30-32页 |
| ·Variables in the survey concerning students exert effects on English learning | 第32-33页 |
| ·Certain variables can be used as predictors for learning effect | 第33-36页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第36-46页 |
| ·Better family backgrounds, in general, result in better English performance on the part of their children | 第36-39页 |
| ·School variables have positive correlations with student’s English performance except “teacher’s age”. | 第39-42页 |
| ·Students as the main body of learning process play a decisive role in their English achievements | 第42-44页 |
| ·Family, school and student factors exert multiple-facet influence on English learning | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第46-49页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS OF THE RESEARCH | 第46-47页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH | 第47-48页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH | 第48-49页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第49-53页 |
| APPENDICES | 第53-63页 |
| PUBLICATIONS DURING THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM | 第63-64页 |
