| Chinese Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-12页 |
| Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Figures | 第13-14页 |
| 1 Introduction: Context and Significance of the Research Problem | 第14-18页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the paper | 第16-18页 |
| 2 Problems in EFL | 第18-27页 |
| ·The questionnaire about the learner's ability of language usage | 第18-20页 |
| ·Subject and the questionnaire | 第18-19页 |
| ·Analysis and findings | 第19页 |
| ·Students' failure in using English | 第19-20页 |
| ·Factors causing the problem | 第20-26页 |
| ·Inefficiency of EFL teaching | 第20-21页 |
| ·Students' reactions to learning | 第21-26页 |
| ·The investigation | 第22-24页 |
| ·The analysis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Other factors | 第26-27页 |
| 3 Task-based Language Teaching in EFL | 第27-37页 |
| ·Characteristics of task-based language teaching | 第27-32页 |
| ·Definitions of task | 第27-29页 |
| ·Characteristics of tasks | 第29-30页 |
| ·Components of tasks | 第30-32页 |
| ·Related theories for task-based language teaching | 第32-35页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第32-33页 |
| ·Social interactionism | 第33-34页 |
| ·Ausubel's "advanced organizer" approach to teaching | 第34-35页 |
| ·The request of the New English Curriculum Standards | 第35页 |
| ·Principles of task-based language teaching | 第35-37页 |
| 4. The Application of Task-based Language Teaching | 第37-63页 |
| ·Task designing | 第37-42页 |
| ·Principles of task designing | 第38页 |
| ·The Task Cycle | 第38-41页 |
| ·Task difficulty | 第41-42页 |
| ·Examples of task designing | 第42-50页 |
| ·What is a good task | 第43-46页 |
| ·An example of task designing | 第46-50页 |
| ·Redesigning Non-Task-Based Materials to Fit a Task-Based Framework | 第50-55页 |
| ·The procedures of redesigning | 第50-51页 |
| ·The examples of the problems encountered | 第51-55页 |
| ·The advantages of using a task-based approach to language teaching | 第55-56页 |
| ·Application of TBLT | 第56-59页 |
| ·Stages of TBLT | 第56-59页 |
| ·Problems with employing TBLT we should note | 第59页 |
| ·Performance assessment in TBLT | 第59-63页 |
| ·Definition of performance assessment | 第59-60页 |
| ·Utilizing tasks in performance assessment | 第60-61页 |
| ·Scoring of performance assessment | 第61-63页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major findings from the study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implications for pedagogy | 第64页 |
| ·Problems with TBLT to be solved | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix A | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix B | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix C | 第72-73页 |
| 学位论文独创性声明 | 第73页 |
| 学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第73页 |
