| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第3-5页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第5-7页 |
| 英文文摘 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第12-14页 |
| ·The necessity and importance of oral English | 第12-13页 |
| ·The situation of oral English teaching in China | 第13-14页 |
| ·The emergence of the Communicative Approach | 第14页 |
| ·General description of the research problem | 第14-15页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-32页 |
| ·Historical Review of CA | 第17-25页 |
| ·Background of CA and communicative competence | 第17-21页 |
| ·Definition of CA | 第21-22页 |
| ·Characteristics of CA | 第22-23页 |
| ·Objectives of CA | 第23-24页 |
| ·Principles of CA | 第24-25页 |
| ·Strong and weak versions of CA | 第25页 |
| ·The importance and characteristics of speaking | 第25-27页 |
| ·The importance of speaking | 第25-26页 |
| ·Characteristics of speaking | 第26-27页 |
| ·Aspects of speaking ability | 第27-28页 |
| ·Speaking Proficiency Guidelines | 第28-29页 |
| ·Speaking activities | 第29-30页 |
| ·Oral drill | 第29页 |
| ·Information-gap activities | 第29页 |
| ·Problem solving | 第29页 |
| ·Discussion | 第29-30页 |
| ·Simulation | 第30页 |
| ·Role Play | 第30页 |
| ·The influence of CA on spoken English teaching | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Application of Communicative Approach to Spoken English Teaching in Vocational Schools | 第32-49页 |
| ·The current situation of English speaking in vocational schools | 第32-33页 |
| ·The proper solutions to the existing problems | 第33-39页 |
| ·Teacher's roles | 第33-34页 |
| ·Student's roles | 第34-35页 |
| ·The role of student groupings | 第35-37页 |
| ·The role of instructional materials | 第37-39页 |
| ·Classroom management | 第39页 |
| ·The application of Communicative Approach to spoken English teaching in vocational schools | 第39-49页 |
| ·Procedure of communicative teaching approach | 第39-41页 |
| ·Successful oral communication | 第41-42页 |
| ·Essential methods for improving students' speaking ability | 第42-47页 |
| ·Requirements for an English teacher | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Experimental Research | 第49-61页 |
| ·Purpose of the experiment | 第49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49页 |
| ·Instruments of the experiment | 第49页 |
| ·Experimental process and data analysis | 第49-61页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第49-55页 |
| ·Teaching processes | 第55-58页 |
| ·Post-test | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第61-64页 |
| References | 第64-66页 |
| Appendixes | 第66-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
