| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background information concerning the course design | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purposes of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| ·The principle of course design | 第18-19页 |
| ·Approaches to course design | 第19-24页 |
| ·Linguistic knowledge | 第24-30页 |
| ·Functional grammar | 第25-28页 |
| ·Communicative approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cultural knowledge | 第30-33页 |
| ·Negative features of collectivism at school | 第31-32页 |
| ·Collectivistic culture | 第32页 |
| ·“Eloquence May be Silver, Silence is Gold”mentality | 第32-33页 |
| ·Confucianism and hierarchical society: respect for authority | 第33页 |
| ·English school culture | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Design and Methodology | 第35-66页 |
| ·Route and stages for course design | 第35-54页 |
| ·Research questions | 第54-55页 |
| ·Subjects of the study | 第55页 |
| ·Methods and techniques for the investigation | 第55-66页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第56-58页 |
| ·Interview | 第58-60页 |
| ·Standardized Spoken English Proficiency Test | 第60-66页 |
| Chapter 4 Data analysis and Discussions | 第66-82页 |
| ·Analysis of the closed-ended questions in Questionnaire I | 第66-70页 |
| ·Investigation of teachers’methods of teaching spoken English | 第66-68页 |
| ·Investigation of schools’administrative system | 第68-69页 |
| ·Investigation of teachers’communicative abilities | 第69-70页 |
| ·Analysis of closed-opened questions in Questionnaire II | 第70-76页 |
| ·Investigation of learners’actual learning progress | 第70-74页 |
| ·Relationships between teaching method and learning strategies | 第74-76页 |
| ·Analysis of the interviews and spoken English proficiency Test | 第76-82页 |
| ·Analysis of the interviews | 第76-79页 |
| ·Analysis of the spoken English proficiency test | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第82-89页 |
| ·Summaries of the findings | 第82-84页 |
| ·Suggestions for improvement of learners’spoken English | 第84-87页 |
| ·Identifying learners’language learning strategies | 第85页 |
| ·Evaluating the course according to learners' feedback | 第85-86页 |
| ·Widening teaching method and learning strategies | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第87-88页 |
| ·Suggestions for the future research | 第88-89页 |
| References | 第89-97页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第97-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第99-101页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第101-102页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第102-103页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第103-104页 |
| 作者作作 | 第104页 |
