| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第9-11页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-31页 |
| ·Related conceptions | 第13-15页 |
| ·Learning to do qualitative research | 第13页 |
| ·Emails as a communication platform | 第13-15页 |
| ·Sociocultural theory | 第15-24页 |
| ·General introduction of sociocultural theory | 第15页 |
| ·Mediation | 第15-16页 |
| ·Regulation,Internalization | 第16-17页 |
| ·The zone of proximal development,scaffolding | 第17-19页 |
| ·Agency | 第19-21页 |
| ·Activity theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Concept formation and conceptual learning | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24页 |
| ·Narrative research | 第24-26页 |
| ·General introduction of narrative research | 第24页 |
| ·Characteristics of narrative research | 第24-26页 |
| ·Selective review of related studies | 第26-30页 |
| ·Recent western studies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Recent related studies in China | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第31-39页 |
| ·Participants and setting | 第31-32页 |
| ·Participants | 第31-32页 |
| ·Setting | 第32页 |
| ·Research purposes and questions | 第32-33页 |
| ·Working definition of cognitive development | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data collection | 第34-36页 |
| ·Deciding on the data source:The lesson Qualitative Research | 第34页 |
| ·A variety of data | 第34-36页 |
| ·Data coding and analysis | 第36-38页 |
| ·Data coding | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第37-38页 |
| ·Trustworthiness | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第39-68页 |
| ·Conceptual change about research:Ava's story | 第39-41页 |
| ·What is research at all? | 第39页 |
| ·How is qualitative research different from quantitative research? | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| ·Learning to choose the topic and develop research questions | 第41-51页 |
| ·Ava's story:You can find a topic in everyday life | 第41-42页 |
| ·Ava's story:I forgot "research perspectives"! | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ava's story:I have to narrow down research questions | 第43-46页 |
| ·Betty's story:You have to take the study as a whole,not as parts | 第46-49页 |
| ·Cindy's story:You have to look for key points of the research | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51页 |
| ·Learning about research methodology | 第51-64页 |
| ·Ava's story:Who should be chosen as my research participants | 第51-54页 |
| ·Ava's story:How can I collect more valid research data? | 第54-58页 |
| ·Betty's story:You may create your own item of the questionnaire | 第58-60页 |
| ·Cindy's story:Close-ended questionnaire or semi-structured interview | 第60-62页 |
| ·Ava's story:How can themes be identified in data analysis? | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64页 |
| ·The role of communication by Emails in learning to do research | 第64-68页 |
| ·Physical and psychological distance | 第64-65页 |
| ·Asynchronicity to allow for more thinking | 第65-66页 |
| ·Easy-going form to focus on content | 第66-67页 |
| ·Permanent store of information | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第68-70页 |
| ·Implications for EFL teachers | 第70页 |
| ·Limitations and recommendations | 第70-72页 |
| References | 第72-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-79页 |
