| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第9-10页 |
| ·General organization | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-28页 |
| ·Langue and parole (language and speech) | 第12页 |
| ·Communicative competence | 第12-23页 |
| ·Chomsky's competence- performance distinction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Hymes' definition of communicative competence | 第15-17页 |
| ·Halliday's theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Canale and Swain's four components of communicative competence | 第19-20页 |
| ·Widdowson's usage-use distinction | 第20-21页 |
| ·Some Chinese scholars' views about FLT in China | 第21-23页 |
| ·The communicative approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·Comments | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 The Interdependent Relationships between Language Teaching and Speech Teaching | 第28-35页 |
| ·Definitions of language teaching and speech teaching | 第28页 |
| ·The Interdependent relationships between language teaching and speech teaching | 第28页 |
| ·Diffenrences between and characteristics of language teaching and speech teaching | 第28-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methods | 第35-40页 |
| ·A General description of college English teaching in China | 第35页 |
| ·Qustionnaire | 第35-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Content | 第36-37页 |
| ·Classroom observations | 第37-40页 |
| ·Subjects and procedures | 第37-38页 |
| ·instrument | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion of the Data | 第40-51页 |
| ·Results of the investigation: Typical problems in the present college English teaching | 第40-48页 |
| ·The causes of the above-revealed problems | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 6 Suggestions: Making Language Teaching and Speech Teaching Successful | 第51-66页 |
| ·The key to improve foreign language teaching and learning efficiency | 第51-53页 |
| ·Padagogical Implications | 第53-57页 |
| ·Attaching great importance to teacher education | 第53页 |
| ·Decreasing teacher-controlled activities | 第53-54页 |
| ·Eliciting real communication in classroom | 第54-55页 |
| ·Teaching use in use rather than analysis | 第55-56页 |
| ·Testing learners' communicative competence | 第56页 |
| ·Selecting appropriate teaching materials and an effective teaching model | 第56-57页 |
| ·The learner-centered topic-based approach and successful language teaching and speech teaching | 第57-66页 |
| ·Learner-centeredness | 第57-58页 |
| ·The topic-based model | 第58-60页 |
| ·Characteristics of the learner-centered topic-based approach | 第60页 |
| ·A sample of successful language teaching and speech teaching | 第60-66页 |
| Chapter 7 A Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-74页 |
| Appendices | 第74-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第79页 |