| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| ·Origin of the study | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Methods and Framework of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-31页 |
| ·A brief history of language teaching methods | 第13-14页 |
| ·The major methods in foreign language teaching and their limitations | 第14-19页 |
| ·Task-based language teaching | 第19-28页 |
| ·The definition of task | 第20-22页 |
| ·The components of a task | 第22-24页 |
| ·Task versus exercise | 第24-25页 |
| ·Types of tasks | 第25-26页 |
| ·Principles of task-based teaching | 第26页 |
| ·Willis’s model for task-based instruction | 第26-28页 |
| ·Research into task-based teaching abroad | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research into task-based teaching at home | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第31-35页 |
| ·Input hypothesis and Output hypothesis | 第31页 |
| ·Social construction learning theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·Social interactionism | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER 4 PRESENT STUDY | 第35-49页 |
| ·Research Hypothesis | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35页 |
| ·Materials | 第35-36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36页 |
| ·Procedure of the study | 第36-40页 |
| ·Pre-experiment questionnaire | 第37页 |
| ·Teaching techniques used in the experimental class | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Tasks possibly Used in the course | 第37-38页 |
| ·A Practical Design For Task-based Language teaching in experimental class | 第38-40页 |
| ·Traditional Teaching techniques used in the control class | 第40页 |
| ·Test | 第40页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第40-49页 |
| ·Data and analysis of the pre-test of the questionnaire | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data and analysis of the post test of the questionnaire | 第42-43页 |
| ·Data and analysis of the test at the beginning of the experiment | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data and analysis of the test at the end of the experiment | 第44-49页 |
| CHAPTER 5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第49-51页 |
| ·The reasons accounting for the enhanced interest in the EC | 第49-50页 |
| ·The discussion about why the experimental class performed much better in the tests | 第50-51页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION | 第51-54页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第51页 |
| ·Implication and Implication | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implication for English Foreign Language Teaching | 第52页 |
| ·Questions for further research | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendixes (ⅰ) | 第57-58页 |
| Appendixes (ⅱ) | 第58-62页 |
| Appendixes (ⅲ) | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
