| Abstract | 第1-12页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Aims and significance of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·Education assessment in the west | 第17-19页 |
| ·Education assessment in China | 第19-20页 |
| ·The theoretical bases of formative evaluation | 第20-22页 |
| ·An introduction of formative evaluation | 第22-29页 |
| ·The definition and categories of assessment | 第22-23页 |
| ·The definition of assessment | 第22页 |
| ·The categories of assessment | 第22-23页 |
| ·The definition of formative evaluation | 第23-24页 |
| ·The ways of formative evaluation | 第24-26页 |
| ·Self-assessment | 第24-25页 |
| ·Peer-assessment | 第25-26页 |
| ·Teacher assessment | 第26页 |
| ·Collaborative assessment | 第26页 |
| ·The comparison of summative and formative evaluation | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Research Design and Methodology | 第29-35页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第29页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第29页 |
| ·Experimental objectives | 第29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Instruments | 第30-35页 |
| ·Classroom observation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Interview | 第31-32页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第32页 |
| ·Journal | 第32-33页 |
| ·Portfolio | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Experiment of Applying Formative Assessment to the Course of English Public Speaking | 第35-49页 |
| ·An introduction of EPS | 第35-37页 |
| ·Comparison between public speaking and conversation | 第35页 |
| ·Key elements in speech communication process | 第35-37页 |
| ·The relationship between assessment and English public speaking teaching | 第37-38页 |
| ·The ways to assess speaking skills formatively | 第38-39页 |
| ·Testing speaking ability | 第38页 |
| ·Assessment methods in EPS | 第38-39页 |
| ·The features of formative assessment of EPS | 第39-40页 |
| ·Flexibility | 第39-40页 |
| ·Interactive-ness | 第40页 |
| ·Enlightening-ness | 第40页 |
| ·Para-linguistic Features | 第40页 |
| ·Factors of formative assessment of EPS | 第40-41页 |
| ·Language ability | 第40页 |
| ·Language content | 第40-41页 |
| ·Communicative ability | 第41页 |
| ·Setting up scoring criteria | 第41-42页 |
| ·Experiment | 第42-49页 |
| ·Experimental Instruments and methods | 第42-44页 |
| ·Procedures | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Five Research Analysis | 第49-53页 |
| ·Research Results and Analysis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Students’Change in Attitudes towards EPS Learning | 第49-50页 |
| ·Improvements of Learning Abilities | 第50页 |
| ·The Results of study | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Effect of Formative Assessment of EPS | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Effects on Teachers | 第52页 |
| ·The Effects on Students | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Major findings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implication for implementing formative assessment in EPS teaching | 第54页 |
| ·Limitations of research and suggestions for further study | 第54-56页 |
| ·Limitations of research | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-58页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第69-70页 |
