| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Group work in college English class in China | 第8-9页 |
| ·Objectives in college English teaching and learning | 第8-9页 |
| ·Problems with the use of group work in class | 第9页 |
| ·The present study:Purpose,significance and scope | 第9-11页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第11页 |
| Chapter Two Critical Literature Review | 第11-28页 |
| ·Group work:A theoretical foundation | 第11-18页 |
| ·Communicative approach | 第11-16页 |
| ·Cooperative learning | 第16-18页 |
| ·Group work:Definitions and tasks | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definitions of group work and group task types | 第18-20页 |
| ·Information gap tasks | 第20-21页 |
| ·Group work:A critical review | 第21-28页 |
| ·Negotiation of meaning | 第21-24页 |
| ·Previous studies on group work | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three An Empirical Study of Group Work in a Chinese EFL Classroom | 第28-35页 |
| ·Research design | 第28-33页 |
| ·Research questions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Setting | 第30-31页 |
| ·Tasks | 第31-33页 |
| ·Data collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Transcript and coding | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第35-57页 |
| ·Language production | 第35-43页 |
| ·Negotiation of meaning | 第43-46页 |
| ·Modified output | 第46-51页 |
| ·Peer assistance | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter Five Group Work in EFL Coursebooks:A Case for Improvement | 第57-72页 |
| ·Group work in New College English:An example | 第57-65页 |
| ·An evaluation of group work tasks | 第57-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for improvement | 第62-65页 |
| ·Roles of teachers in successful group work | 第65-69页 |
| ·Roles of students in successful group work | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第72-75页 |
| ·A summary of major findings | 第72-73页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第73-75页 |
| References | 第75-81页 |
| Appendices | 第81-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 小组活动在大学英语课堂开展情况调查问卷 | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ A required information exchange task | 第83-86页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ An excerpt of the transcript | 第86-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Examples of c-units(for the study) | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Examples of the three Cs(for the study) | 第90页 |
