| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| Ⅰ． Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Ⅱ． Literature Review: EFL Syllabus Design | 第13-39页 |
| 2．1 Preliminary Considerations: Definitions | 第13-20页 |
| 2．1．1 Curriculum/Syllabus | 第13页 |
| 2．1．2 Curriculum | 第13-15页 |
| 2．1．3 Syllabus | 第15-16页 |
| 2．1．4 Syllabus Types | 第16-20页 |
| 2．2 An Overview of Syllabus Components | 第20-25页 |
| 2．2．1 Needs Analysis | 第21-22页 |
| 2．2．2 Goals and Objectives | 第22-23页 |
| 2．2．3 Language Testing | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2．4 Materials Development | 第24页 |
| 2．2．5 Language Teaching | 第24-25页 |
| 2．3 Needs Analysis of Syllabus Design | 第25-31页 |
| 2．3．1 Meanings of Needs and Needs Analysis | 第25-28页 |
| 2．3．2 Target Needs | 第28-30页 |
| 2．3．3 Learning Needs | 第30-31页 |
| 2．4 Communicative Language Teaching and Needs Analysis | 第31-32页 |
| 2．5 Views on Language Syllabus Design | 第32-39页 |
| 2．5．1 The Nature of Language | 第32-33页 |
| 2．5．2 Nature of Learning and Teaching | 第33-36页 |
| 2．5．2．1 Nature of Learning | 第33-34页 |
| 2．5．2．2 Nature of Teaching | 第34-35页 |
| 2．5．2．3 Relationships Between Learning and Teaching | 第35-36页 |
| 2．5．3 Sufficient Investigation and Research of Social Needs | 第36-37页 |
| 2．5．4 Essential Factors of Eclectic Syllabus． | 第37-39页 |
| Ⅲ． The Basic Requirements and Evaluation Procedures | 第39-52页 |
| 3．1 Higher Vocational-technical Education （HVTE） | 第39-41页 |
| 3．1．1 A Survey of Higher Vocational-technical Education | 第39页 |
| 3．1．2 Significance of Higher Vocational-technical Education | 第39页 |
| 3．1．3 Development of HVTE in China | 第39-41页 |
| 3．1．4 The Quality and Objectives of HVTE in China | 第41页 |
| 3．2 The Basic Requirements in Use | 第41-45页 |
| 3．2．1 Target Students | 第41-42页 |
| 3．2．2 Objectives | 第42页 |
| 3．2．3 Requirements | 第42-44页 |
| 3．2．4 Testing | 第44页 |
| 3．2．5 Some Guidelines for HVTE English Teaching | 第44-45页 |
| 3．3 The Present Situation of HVTE English Teaching | 第45-46页 |
| 3．4 Evaluation Procedures and Evaluation Approaches | 第46-52页 |
| 3．4．1 Defining Evaluation | 第47-48页 |
| 3．4．2 Evaluation Procedures | 第48-50页 |
| 3．4．3 Approaches to Evaluation | 第50-52页 |
| Ⅳ． Investigation Analyses of Students' Entry Level and Social Needs | 第52-62页 |
| 4．1 Investigation Report of Students' Entry Level | 第52-57页 |
| 4．1．1 Field and Aim of Investigation | 第52-53页 |
| 4．1．2 Method and Procedure of Investigation | 第53页 |
| 4．1．3 Results of Investigation | 第53-56页 |
| 4．1．4 Evaluation Report | 第56-57页 |
| 4．2 Investigation Report of Social Needs for HVTE College Graduates'Practical English | 第57-62页 |
| 4．2．1 Aim of Investigation | 第57页 |
| 4．2．2 Items of Investigation | 第57页 |
| 4．2．3 The Basic Conditions of Investigation | 第57-58页 |
| 4．2．4 Results of Investigation | 第58-60页 |
| 4．2．5 Result Analysis of Investigation | 第60-62页 |
| Ⅴ． Evaluation of the Basic Requirements | 第62-69页 |
| 5．1 The Necessity of Evaluating the Basic Requirements | 第62页 |
| 5．2 An Overview of the Basic Requirements | 第62-63页 |
| 5．3 The Role of the Basic Requirements for HVTE English Course | 第63-64页 |
| 5．4 Special Features of the Basic Requirements for HVTE English Course | 第64-65页 |
| 5．5 Some Questions for the Basic Requirements for HVTE English Course | 第65-69页 |
| Ⅵ． Suggestions in Revision of the Basic Requirements | 第69-76页 |
| 6．1 A Call for Continuity in HVTE English Course | 第69-70页 |
| 6．2 A Unified Survey of Needs | 第70页 |
| 6．3 Application of Modem L2 Leaming Theories | 第70-71页 |
| 6．4 Establishing a Complete Curriculum System | 第71-72页 |
| 6．5 Avoiding the Misleading of Test Orientation | 第72-74页 |
| 6．6 The Necessity of Testing Spoken English in Practical English Test for Colleges | 第74-76页 |
| 6．6．1 Social Needs | 第74页 |
| 6．6．2 Present Situation | 第74-75页 |
| 6．6．3 The Necessity of Testing Spoken English | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第81-82页 |
