| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| List of Charts and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| Background of This Research | 第14-15页 |
| Current Situation of Oral English Teaching in China | 第15-16页 |
| Purpose of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| Overall Structure of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-42页 |
| ·Scaffolding Theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第19-21页 |
| ·Zone of Proximal Development | 第21-26页 |
| ·The concept of ZPD | 第21-24页 |
| ·The relationship between Scaffolding and ZPD | 第24-26页 |
| ·Scaffolding as a Teaching Strategy | 第26-34页 |
| ·How scaffolding works as a teaching strategy | 第26-28页 |
| ·Feasibility of applying scaffolding to Oral English teaching | 第28-30页 |
| ·Features of scaffolding applied to Oral English teaching | 第30-34页 |
| ·Research on Scaffolding Instruction both in Theory and Practice | 第34-37页 |
| ·Research abroad | 第34-36页 |
| ·Research at home | 第36-37页 |
| ·Major Approaches Applied in Oral English Teaching | 第37-42页 |
| ·The Audio-lingual Method | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Audio-visual method | 第38页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Communicative Approach | 第39页 |
| ·3Ps Approach(PPP) | 第39-40页 |
| ·Task-based approach | 第40-42页 |
| CHAPTER TWO METHODOLOGY | 第42-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Methods | 第43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-47页 |
| ·Oral proficiency test | 第44-45页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第45-46页 |
| ·Classroom observation | 第46页 |
| ·Interviews | 第46-47页 |
| ·An Illustration of a Oral English Class Guided by Scaffolding Theory | 第47-50页 |
| CHAPTER THREE DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第50-64页 |
| ·Oral Proficiency Test | 第50-56页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the scores in the pre-test | 第50-53页 |
| ·Comparative analysis of the post-test | 第53-56页 |
| ·Results and Analysis of Questionnaire | 第56-59页 |
| ·Students' attitude and understanding of Oral English | 第56-57页 |
| ·Students' interests and performance | 第57-58页 |
| ·Teacher's role | 第58页 |
| ·Students' performance afer class | 第58-59页 |
| ·Students' achievements and attitude | 第59页 |
| ·Analysis of Class Observation | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion of Interviews | 第60-64页 |
| ·Various access and exposure to real English | 第61页 |
| ·Students' higher interest and uplifted motivation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Students' communicative and cooperative abilities | 第62-64页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第64-69页 |
| Conclusion of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| Implications | 第65页 |
| Implications for teachers | 第65-66页 |
| Implications for students | 第66-67页 |
| Limitations | 第67-68页 |
| Suggestions for Further Studies | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第78-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第83页 |
