| CONTENTS | 第1-8页 |
| TABLES | 第8-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT | 第9-10页 |
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| 1．1 The Background of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1．2 Research Questions and the Significance of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| 2 THE PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY ENGLISH TEACHING IN CHINA | 第13-18页 |
| 2．1 Course Design | 第13-14页 |
| 2．2 Teacher Resources | 第14-15页 |
| 2．3 Teaching Materials | 第15-16页 |
| 2．4 Equipment and Facilities | 第16页 |
| 2．5 Students' Interest | 第16-18页 |
| 3 RATIONALE FOR TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING | 第18-35页 |
| 3．1 Definitions of Tasks in Foreign Language Teaching | 第18-22页 |
| 3．1．1 Task Components | 第21-22页 |
| 3．2 Underpinning Theories | 第22-23页 |
| 3．2．1 The Input Hypothesis | 第22-23页 |
| 3．2．2 The Interaction Hypothesis | 第23页 |
| 3．3 Skehan's Cognitive Approach | 第23-25页 |
| 3．3．1 Skehan's Cognitive Account | 第24页 |
| 3．3．2 Skehan's Task Difficulty in a Cognitive Perspective | 第24-25页 |
| 3．4 Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development | 第25-26页 |
| 3．5 Feuerstein's Cognitive Map | 第26页 |
| 3．6 Task-based Language Teaching | 第26-32页 |
| 3．6．1 Definition of Task-based Language Teaching Method | 第26-27页 |
| 3．6．2 The Syllabus of Task-based Language Teaching | 第27-31页 |
| 3．6．3 Features of Task-based Language Teaching | 第31-32页 |
| 3．7 The Principle of Authenticity in English Education | 第32-35页 |
| 4 IMPLEMENTING REAL WORLD TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING IN PRIMARY ENGLISH CLASSROOM | 第35-59页 |
| 4．1 Features of the Current English Textbooks for Pupils | 第35-36页 |
| 4．2 Characteristics of Children | 第36-38页 |
| 4．3 Five Teaching Principles for Young Learners | 第38-40页 |
| 4．4 Real World Task-based Language Teaching in Primary School | 第40-51页 |
| 4．4．1 The Classification of Real World Task | 第41-42页 |
| 4．4．2 The Teaching Preparation and Designing Tasks in Real World Task-based Language Teaching | 第42-45页 |
| 4．4．3 The Procedure of Real World Task-based Language Teaching | 第45-47页 |
| 4．4．4 The Comparison between China and Abroad in Task-based Language Teaching Procedure | 第47-48页 |
| 4．4．5 An Example of Teaching Design | 第48-51页 |
| 4．5 Suggestions on Real World Task-based Language Teaching | 第51-55页 |
| 4．5．1 Concerns in Implementing Real World Task-based Language Teaching Model | 第51-52页 |
| 4．5．2 Balances for Designing Tasks | 第52-54页 |
| 4．5．3 Rules for Designing Task Activities | 第54-55页 |
| 4．6 The Scale of Assessment for Real World Task-based Language Teaching in the Classroom | 第55-59页 |
| 5 CONCLUSIONS | 第59-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-64页 |
