| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第10-14页 |
| ·The status of speaking in Language teaching history | 第10-11页 |
| ·The importance of spoken English in our society | 第11页 |
| ·Speaking requirements in China's middle schools | 第11页 |
| ·Urgency to improve students' spoken English | 第11-14页 |
| ·Problems in L2 oral classroom | 第12页 |
| ·Reasons for these deficiencies in oral classroom | 第12-14页 |
| ·Task-based Teaching as an effective way to improve oral proficiency | 第14-15页 |
| ·Factors facilitating improvement of students' speaking ability | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two :Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·What is task | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definitions of task | 第16-17页 |
| ·The components of a task | 第17-18页 |
| ·Interactive features of task | 第18-19页 |
| ·Task-based Teaching | 第19-27页 |
| ·Some important theories to Task-based Teaching | 第19-22页 |
| ·Second Language acquisition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Social-culture theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Advantages of Task-based Teaching | 第22-23页 |
| ·Some related issues of Task-based Approach in teaching speaking | 第23-27页 |
| ·Accuracy and. Fluency | 第23-24页 |
| ·Error Correction | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Relationship between Learners and Teachers | 第25-26页 |
| ·Some principles of designing communicative tasks | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three: Research Methodology | 第27-39页 |
| ·The purpose of the experiment | 第27-28页 |
| ·Experimental target | 第28页 |
| ·Instruments | 第28-32页 |
| ·The implementation of TBT | 第32-39页 |
| ·Willis' Task-Implementing Model in oral English Teaching | 第32-34页 |
| ·Sample of Task-based Teaching | 第34-38页 |
| ·Solutions to the problems in the implementation of TBT | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four: Results and Discussion | 第39-45页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第39-44页 |
| ·Analysis of the questionnaire | 第39-40页 |
| ·Analysis of the tests | 第40-44页 |
| ·Discussion | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion and Prospects of Future Research | 第45-51页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| ·Implication on oral language teaching in middle schools | 第45-47页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第47-48页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第48-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第53-54页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第56-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60页 |
