| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objects of spoken English teaching in middle schools | 第11-12页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Historical Review of CA | 第14-19页 |
| ·Background of CA | 第14-16页 |
| ·Definition of CA | 第16-17页 |
| ·Characteristics of CA | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of CA | 第19-24页 |
| ·Theory of language | 第19-22页 |
| ·Theory of learning | 第22-24页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of Spoken English Teaching | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Influence of CA on Spoken English Teaching | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Main Problems of Spoken English Teaching in Middle Schools | 第27-35页 |
| ·Problems of teachers | 第27-29页 |
| ·Teachers' lack of strategies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Teacher-centered classroom | 第28页 |
| ·Focus on the Entrance examination | 第28-29页 |
| ·Problems of students | 第29-31页 |
| ·Students' lack of motivation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Students' lack of strategies | 第30-31页 |
| ·Context of situation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lack of opportunities to speak English | 第32-33页 |
| ·Large students number in one classroom | 第32页 |
| ·Backward teaching ideas | 第32-33页 |
| ·Lack of cultural background knowledge | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of Communicative Approach to Spoken English Teaching in Middle Schools | 第35-55页 |
| ·Communicative competence and English teaching | 第35-37页 |
| ·Communicative activities | 第37-45页 |
| ·Main forms of communicative activities | 第39-41页 |
| ·Pair work | 第39-40页 |
| ·Group work | 第40-41页 |
| ·Major methods in classroom communicative activity | 第41-45页 |
| ·Reaching a consensus | 第41-42页 |
| ·Role- play | 第42-43页 |
| ·Simulation | 第43页 |
| ·Reasoning gap activity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Personal information exchange | 第44页 |
| ·Story-telling | 第44-45页 |
| ·Communicative games | 第45页 |
| ·The use of authentic materials | 第45-47页 |
| ·Roles of teachers | 第47-48页 |
| ·Roles of learners | 第48-50页 |
| ·Learner-centered classroom | 第50-52页 |
| ·A framework of spoken English teaching | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Five Experimental Research | 第55-75页 |
| ·Experimental design | 第55-56页 |
| ·Subjects of the experiment | 第55页 |
| ·Objectives of the experiment | 第55页 |
| ·Method of the experiment | 第55页 |
| ·Devices for data collection | 第55-56页 |
| ·The process of the experiment | 第56-74页 |
| ·Procedures | 第56-57页 |
| ·Data of the first spoken English test | 第57-61页 |
| ·Data of the pre-questionnaire | 第61-64页 |
| ·Observations and interviews before the application of CA | 第64-65页 |
| ·Data of the post-questionnaire | 第65-70页 |
| ·Data of the second spoken English test | 第70-73页 |
| ·Observations and interviews after the application of CA | 第73-74页 |
| ·Experimental results | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| Bibilography | 第77-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第81-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第85-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ | 第90-93页 |
