| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-6页 |
| English Synopsis | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction of contest | 第12-25页 |
| ·The definition of the contest | 第13-14页 |
| ·The significance and the role of the contest in teaching | 第14-17页 |
| ·The reason for using the contest in teaching | 第17-25页 |
| ·Hierarchy of needs | 第17-20页 |
| ·Achievement Motivation theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Learning motivation theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Individual characters of the middle school students | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Two The role of the contest in English teaching in the middle school | 第25-32页 |
| ·Prompting stuents' learning motivation and improving their learning activeness | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cultivating students' interest of study and improving their marks | 第27-28页 |
| ·Simple introduction of the situation of the middle school students' English learning | 第28-29页 |
| ·The importance of the contest in English teaching in middle schools | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Experiment | 第32-41页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32页 |
| ·Method | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·English learning enviornment in No.21 Middle school | 第32页 |
| ·Procedures and results | 第32-41页 |
| ·Questionnaire survey and results | 第32-34页 |
| ·Contests in class | 第34-35页 |
| ·Contests after class | 第35-36页 |
| ·Questionnaire survey and results after experiments | 第36-39页 |
| ·The achievement of the two groups before the experiment contrasts with that afterthe eperiment | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussion | 第41-49页 |
| ·Analying the findings in Chapter Three | 第41-42页 |
| ·The advantages and disadvantages of the activities in the contest | 第42-46页 |
| ·Advantages | 第42-44页 |
| ·Disadvantages | 第44-46页 |
| ·How to overcome the disadvantages of contest | 第46-48页 |
| ·Enhance education of the contest | 第46-47页 |
| ·Keep the contest in moderate degree | 第47页 |
| ·Develop different kinds of contests | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第48页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-57页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第57页 |
