| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methods and goals of the investigation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Implications from foreign language teaching styles at high schools in the USA | 第15-16页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| ·The definitions of foreign language teaching style | 第18-21页 |
| ·The definitions of teaching style | 第18-19页 |
| ·The definitions of language teaching | 第19页 |
| ·The definitions of second language(L2), foreign language | 第19-21页 |
| ·The definitions of foreign language teaching style | 第21页 |
| ·General status of the foreign language teaching at high schools in China and the USA | 第21-24页 |
| ·Education and foreign language teaching at high schools in China | 第21页 |
| ·Education and foreign language teaching at high schools in the USA | 第21-23页 |
| ·Comparing the education and foreign language teaching at high schools in China and the USA | 第23-24页 |
| ·Characteristics of effective high school foreign language teaching programs in China and the USA | 第24-29页 |
| ·Characteristics of effective high school foreign language teaching programs in China | 第24页 |
| ·Characteristics of effective high school foreign language teaching programs in the USA | 第24-27页 |
| ·Comparing the characteristics of effective high school foreigne teaching programs in China and the USA | 第27-29页 |
| ·The accreditors for teachers education programs in China and the USA | 第29-35页 |
| ·The qualification of certificate to the teachers in China | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Teacher Education Accreditation Council and the National Commission on Teaching for America’s Future | 第31-33页 |
| ·Comparing on the accreditors in China and the USA | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第35-38页 |
| ·Purpose | 第35页 |
| ·Procedure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36页 |
| ·Methods | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Data Presentation and Analysis | 第38-59页 |
| ·Data presentation and analysis of teaching style inventory | 第38-41页 |
| ·Data presentation and analysis of questionnaire for the students | 第41-46页 |
| ·Analyses on the similarities and differences | 第46-59页 |
| ·Similarities of foreign language teaching styles at high schools in China and the USA | 第46-50页 |
| ·Difference of foreign language teaching styles at high schools in China and the USA | 第50-59页 |
| Chapter Five Implications and Suggestions | 第59-64页 |
| ·Implications from the foreign language teaching styles at high schools in the USA | 第59-61页 |
| ·Suggestions to the foreign language teachers in China and the USA | 第61-64页 |
| ·Suggestions to the foreign language teachers at high schools in China | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions to the foreign language teachers at high schools in the USA | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Limitation | 第64页 |
| ·Recommendation for further study | 第64-65页 |
| ·General Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-72页 |
| Appendices | 第72-96页 |
| Appendix 1 Teaching style inventory | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix 2 A survey for the students on foreign language learning | 第77-80页 |
| Appendix 3 An email of formal invitation to the foreign language teachers in the USA | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix 4 A curriculum of high schools in the USA | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix 5 The row data of TSI and questionnaire | 第84-96页 |
| Postscript | 第96-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97-98页 |
