| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| ·TBLT | 第15-22页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of tasks | 第15-20页 |
| ·Definitions of tasks | 第15-16页 |
| ·Principles of designing tasks | 第16-17页 |
| ·Factors affecting designing task difficulty | 第17-20页 |
| ·Introduction of task-based language teaching | 第20-22页 |
| ·Definitions of TBLT | 第20-21页 |
| ·The implementation of TBLT in China | 第21-22页 |
| ·Introduction of speaking teaching | 第22-24页 |
| ·The nature of speaking | 第22-24页 |
| ·Interaction of speaking and other skills | 第24页 |
| ·Factors affecting the development of students' speaking ability | 第24-29页 |
| ·The students | 第24-26页 |
| ·The students' attitude | 第25页 |
| ·The students' motivation | 第25-26页 |
| ·The students' personality | 第26页 |
| ·The Teachers | 第26-28页 |
| ·Teachers' traditional role | 第26-27页 |
| ·Teachers' quality | 第27-28页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第28-29页 |
| ·The large size class | 第28页 |
| ·Deficiencies of textbooks | 第28-29页 |
| ·The implication of TBLT to the spoken English teaching | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Study Design | 第31-39页 |
| ·The purpose of this study | 第31-32页 |
| ·The hypothesis | 第32页 |
| ·Study subjects and teaching materials | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第32页 |
| ·The questionnaire survey | 第32-34页 |
| ·The pre-test and post-test | 第34-39页 |
| ·The pre-test and analysis | 第34-37页 |
| ·The post-test and analysis | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion and Suggestions | 第39-60页 |
| ·Designing tasks before class | 第39-43页 |
| ·Promoting students' interest | 第39-42页 |
| ·Using popular culture resources in tasks | 第39-40页 |
| ·Using different forms in tasks | 第40-42页 |
| ·Preparing the teaching materials elaborately | 第42-43页 |
| ·Designing tasks in class | 第43-58页 |
| ·The framework of TBLT | 第43-45页 |
| ·Using different speaking activities | 第45-46页 |
| ·The examples of designing tasks | 第46-49页 |
| ·Promoting speaking by listening | 第49-56页 |
| ·Feasibility | 第49-50页 |
| ·Source of listening materials | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interaction between listening and speaking | 第51-56页 |
| ·Promoting speaking by reading | 第56-58页 |
| ·Exploiting the text | 第56页 |
| ·Information-oriented reading | 第56-58页 |
| ·Establishing a reasonable assessment system | 第58-60页 |
| ·Common ways of spoken production assessment | 第58-59页 |
| ·The combination of 'formative' and 'summative' assessment | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-65页 |
