| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance and purposes of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two: Literature Review | 第14-36页 |
| ·The theoretical framework of Task-Based Language Teaching research | 第14-21页 |
| ·Communicative theory and Communicative Language Teaching | 第14-16页 |
| ·Language acquisition theory | 第16-19页 |
| ·Social constructivist theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Tasks in foreign language teaching | 第21-28页 |
| ·Definitions of the term task | 第21-23页 |
| ·Task components | 第23-26页 |
| ·Features of tasks | 第26-27页 |
| ·Task selection | 第27-28页 |
| ·Features and principles of Task-Based Language Teaching | 第28-30页 |
| ·Features of TBLT | 第28-29页 |
| ·Principles of TBLT | 第29-30页 |
| ·Willis' Teaching Model for Task-Based Language Teaching | 第30-36页 |
| ·Pre-task Phase | 第31-33页 |
| ·Task Cycle | 第33-34页 |
| ·Language Focus | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three: The application of Task-Based Language Teaching Strategy in the reading classroom | 第36-52页 |
| ·Models of reading process | 第36-39页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第36-37页 |
| ·Bottom-up model | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interactive model | 第38-39页 |
| ·Basic principles of the reading task design | 第39-42页 |
| ·Considerations in the reading task designing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Task types and designing examples in the reading classroom | 第43-52页 |
| Chapter Four: The experiment of Task-Based Language Teaching Strategy in the reading classroom | 第52-62页 |
| ·The hypothesis | 第52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第52页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第52-53页 |
| ·Instructional procedures | 第53-60页 |
| ·The pre-test | 第53页 |
| ·Teaching techniques used in the EC | 第53-55页 |
| ·Teaching techniques used in the CC | 第55-58页 |
| ·The post-test | 第58页 |
| ·The questionnaire survey | 第58-60页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five: Implications and Limitations of This Study | 第62-66页 |
| ·Some suggestions and pedagogical implications | 第62-65页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第73-74页 |
