| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-21页 |
| ·BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY | 第13-17页 |
| ·College English Teaching and CET in China | 第13-15页 |
| ·Curriculum and CET4 Reform | 第15-16页 |
| ·The New CET4 | 第16-17页 |
| ·Teaching Materials | 第17页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第17-18页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第18页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS REFERRING TO TEST EFFECT | 第18-19页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE | 第21-35页 |
| ·EMPOWERMENT OF TESTS: ORIGIN OF WASHBACK | 第21-23页 |
| ·WASHBACK AND CURRICULUM INNOVATION | 第23-26页 |
| ·Test as a Strategy to Promote Curricular Innovation: Beneficial Washback | 第24-25页 |
| ·Test as an Impediment to Curricular Innovation: Harmful Washback | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26页 |
| ·CONCEPTUALIZATION OF WASHBACK | 第26-30页 |
| ·Use-oriented Testing and Washback | 第26-28页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Washback | 第28-30页 |
| ·EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION CONCERNING WASHBACK AND CURRICULAR INNOVATION | 第30-32页 |
| ·TEACHERS’TEACHING PERCEPTIONS AND TEACHER FACTORS | 第32-33页 |
| ·RATIONALE OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第35-42页 |
| ·CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND | 第35页 |
| ·RESEARCH DESIGN | 第35-36页 |
| ·PARTICIPANTS | 第36-38页 |
| ·Sampling Teachers for Quantitative Data Collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sampling Teachers for Qualitative Data Collection | 第38页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTS | 第38-40页 |
| ·Teacher Questionnaire | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Follow-up Interview | 第40页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES | 第40-41页 |
| ·Teacher Questionnaire | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Follow-up Interview | 第41页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第41-42页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics Analysis | 第41页 |
| ·Note-based Content Analysis | 第41-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE INTENDED WASHBACK AND THE TEACHERS’ ACTUAL PERCEPTIONS --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第42-67页 |
| ·TEST CONSTRUCTORS’GENERAL INTENTIONS REFLECTED IN THE CET4 FORMAT CHANGE | 第42-46页 |
| ·Reasons Underlying the CET4 Change | 第42-43页 |
| ·Test Constructors’intentions Reflected in the New CET4 Format | 第43-46页 |
| ·TEACHERS’CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR TEACHING CONTEXTS | 第46-47页 |
| ·TEACHERS’PERCEPTIONS OF AND REACTIONS TO THE NEW CET4 (TQ 2.1~2.8 & 3.1) | 第47-57页 |
| ·Perceived Reasons for the Change of the New CET4 (TQ 2.1) | 第47-49页 |
| ·The New Exam Formats of the New CET4 (TQ 2.2) | 第49页 |
| ·Extra work or Pressure Involved in Teaching (TQ 2.3) | 第49-50页 |
| ·Teaching Methods that Teachers Would Change due to the New CET4(TQ 2.4) | 第50-52页 |
| ·Difficulties in Teaching toward the New CET4 (TQ 2.5) | 第52-53页 |
| ·Learning Strategies Recommended to Students (TQ 2.6) | 第53-54页 |
| ·Aims for Learning English in China (TQ 2.7) | 第54-55页 |
| ·Factors that Most Influence Teaching (TQ 2.8) | 第55-56页 |
| ·Reactions to the New CET4 (TQ 3.1) | 第56-57页 |
| ·PERCEPTIONS OF WASHBACK ON CLASSROOM TEACHING BEHAVIOR (TQ 3.2 TO3.8) | 第57-63页 |
| ·Medium of Instruction in the Classroom (TQ 3.2) | 第57-58页 |
| ·Lesson Plan and Textbook Selection (TQ 3.3, 3.4) | 第58-59页 |
| ·Functions of Textbooks in Teaching (TQ 3.5) | 第59-60页 |
| ·Lesson Planning (3.6) | 第60-61页 |
| ·Self-reported Teacher Talk (3.7) | 第61-62页 |
| ·Self-reported Teaching Activities in Class (3.8) | 第62-63页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第63-67页 |
| ·Washback on the Teaching Curriculum | 第63-65页 |
| ·Washback on Teaching Contents | 第65-66页 |
| ·Washback on Teachers’Attitude and Behavior | 第66-67页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS | 第67-72页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | 第67-68页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第68-70页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Practical Implications | 第69-70页 |
| ·LIMITS OF THE STUDY | 第70页 |
| ·FURTHER RESEARCHES | 第70-72页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第72-79页 |
| APPENDIX A FORMATS OF THE OLD AND THE NEW CET4 | 第79-81页 |
| APPENDIX B TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE | 第81-86页 |
| APPENDIX C INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MODERATOR | 第86-87页 |
| APPENDIX D INTERVIEW GUIDE | 第87页 |
