| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| ·Basic concepts | 第15-19页 |
| ·Related theories | 第19-21页 |
| ·Related empirical studies | 第21-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第24-31页 |
| ·Research questions | 第24-25页 |
| ·Material | 第25-26页 |
| ·A description of TEM-Band 4 | 第25页 |
| ·Corpus description | 第25-26页 |
| ·Task 1 in TEM-Band 4 Oral Test | 第26页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第26-30页 |
| ·Data preparation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Identification of simple past tense | 第28-29页 |
| ·Categorization of use of simple past tense | 第29页 |
| ·Statistical calculation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第31-43页 |
| ·General characteristics of Chinese EFL learners’use of simple past tense | 第31-35页 |
| ·Frequency of simple past tense used by the learners | 第31-32页 |
| ·Types of use of simple past tense and their distribution | 第32-35页 |
| ·Differences in the use of simple past tense across learners of different proficiency levels | 第35-39页 |
| ·Differences in frequency across two groups | 第36-37页 |
| ·Differences in the distribution of different types of use of simple past tense across two groups | 第37-39页 |
| ·Relationship between Chinese EFL learners’use of simple past tense and their oral performances | 第39-41页 |
| ·Relationship between frequency and oral performances | 第39-40页 |
| ·Relationship between distribution of different types of simple past tense and oral performances | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第43-47页 |
| ·Major findings | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第44-45页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第45-46页 |
| ·Suggestions recommended for future research | 第46-47页 |
| References | 第47-51页 |
| Appendices | 第51-61页 |
| 攻读学位期间的学术成果 | 第61-62页 |
