| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| List of Abbreviation | 第8-9页 |
| Notes on Transcriptions | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 The origin of the study | 第12-15页 |
| 1.2 The significance of the study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 The structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| 2.1 Understanding inquiry | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Concept of inquiry | 第17页 |
| 2.1.2 Features of teacher inquiry | 第17-22页 |
| 2.2 Understanding community | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Concept of community | 第23页 |
| 2.2.2 Communities of inquiry in educational field | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Teacher development in the community of inquiry | 第24-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Concept of teacher development | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Perspectives for teacher development | 第26-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Study | 第31-35页 |
| 3.1 Wenger: community of practice | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Senge: learning organization | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Halliday: systematic functional grammar | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第35-43页 |
| 4.1 Research setting | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Research method | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3 Participants | 第38-39页 |
| 4.4 Data collection | 第39-41页 |
| 4.5 Data treatment | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion | 第43-71页 |
| 5.1 English scores as the substance of collective inquiry | 第43-52页 |
| 5.1.1 Intensive vocabulary consolidation | 第44-47页 |
| 5.1.2 Adaptation for new test form in advance | 第47-52页 |
| 5.2 Interpersonal relationship from institutional dominance to autonomy | 第52-60页 |
| 5.2.1 Interactional control from asymmetry to symmetry | 第53-57页 |
| 5.2.2 Discourse strategies from imperative to consultative | 第57-60页 |
| 5.3 Influences of collective inquiry upon teacher development within ETRG | 第60-71页 |
| 5.3.1 Communal knowledge in generic structure as a propeller | 第60-65页 |
| 5.3.2 Non-system thinking in the archetype as an inhibitor | 第65-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| 6.1 Research findings | 第71-72页 |
| 6.2 Some implications | 第72-74页 |
| 6.3 Some limitations | 第74-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-87页 |
| Appendices | 第87-108页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire about teaching research within the ETRG | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix II Transcriptions of meeting records | 第89-105页 |
| II-1 Transcription of meeting after Hua's listening demonstrative class | 第89-92页 |
| II-2 Transcription of meeting on the new test form | 第92-98页 |
| II-3 Transcription of meeting after Swui's grammar demonstrative class | 第98-105页 |
| Appendix III Schemes for school-based training and research of G School | 第105-106页 |
| Appendix IV Published papers for MD | 第106-108页 |
