| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第11页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·Definitions of distance education | 第14-15页 |
| ·The history of the development of distance education | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classifications of distance education | 第16-18页 |
| ·Researches into distance education | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theories about the study | 第22-29页 |
| ·Theories of modem distance education | 第22-23页 |
| ·Self-access learning theory | 第22页 |
| ·Industrialization theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Theory of interaction and interchange | 第23页 |
| ·Theory of systems analysis | 第23页 |
| ·Language learning theories | 第23-29页 |
| ·Constmctivism theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Self-access language learning theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four The present investigation and study | 第29-43页 |
| ·Methodology | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29页 |
| ·Instruments and data collecting procedures | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第30页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第30-43页 |
| ·Learning circumstances in modem distance education, distance teaching and learning model, distance learning organizational models and the necessity of having the guidance of distance learning strategy and method | 第30-33页 |
| ·The students' situation of using different forms of learning resources | 第33-35页 |
| ·The evaluation to course materials and learning support services | 第35-36页 |
| ·The students' opinions and attitudes towards learning English | 第36-37页 |
| ·The students' opinions and evaluation to the learning situation of the course College English | 第37-38页 |
| ·The students' opinions to college English textbooks used at present | 第38-39页 |
| ·The learners' examination results of college English | 第39-40页 |
| ·The examination results of PETS Level Three for adult learners | 第40页 |
| ·Findings through interviewing | 第40-41页 |
| ·General discussion | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions and Suggestions | 第43-47页 |
| ·Summary of the research findings | 第43页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第43-45页 |
| ·Limitations of this study and suggestions for further study | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第50-51页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第51-52页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第52-56页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix 6 | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix 7 | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix 8 | 第71-77页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第77页 |
