| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-13页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| ·Origin of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Traditional viewpoints on output | 第14-15页 |
| ·Emphasis on output in foreign language teaching in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·Aims of the study | 第16页 |
| ·Approach of the study | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-36页 |
| ·From the Input Hypothesis to the Comprehensible Output Hypothesis | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Input Hypothesis | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Canadian Immersion program and Comprehensible Output Hypothesis | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Comprehensible Output Hypothesis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Comprehensible Output Hypothesis and language development | 第22-24页 |
| ·Hypothesis testing function | 第23页 |
| ·Metalinguistic function | 第23-24页 |
| ·Noticing function | 第24页 |
| ·Empirical support for the Output Hypothesis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Criticism of the Output Hypothesis | 第26-27页 |
| ·From the Comprehensible Output Hypothesis to the Length Approach | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Length Approach and the Comprehensible Output Hypothesis | 第27-29页 |
| ·The aim of the Length Approach | 第29页 |
| ·Ways of Implementing the Length Approach | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Length Approach and language development | 第31-32页 |
| ·Criticism of the Length Approach | 第32页 |
| ·Language output and language development:A summary | 第32-35页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第36-45页 |
| ·The experiment | 第36-42页 |
| ·Participants | 第36-37页 |
| ·Target language form used in the study | 第37页 |
| ·Instrument | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第38-40页 |
| ·Scoring and analysis | 第40-42页 |
| ·Criteria for scoring the underlining | 第40-41页 |
| ·Criteria for scoring the written production | 第41-42页 |
| ·THE INVESTIGATION | 第42-45页 |
| ·Background | 第42页 |
| ·Participants of the investigation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments used in data collection and analysis | 第43页 |
| ·Investigation procedure | 第43-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS | 第45-53页 |
| ·The noticing issue | 第45-46页 |
| ·Phase 1 underlines | 第45-46页 |
| ·Phase 2 underlines | 第46页 |
| ·Immediate incorporation issue | 第46-48页 |
| ·Phase 1:Reconstruction | 第47页 |
| ·Phase 2:Production | 第47-48页 |
| ·Output and accuracy development in the target form | 第48-50页 |
| ·Output and language development in terms of fluency,accuracy,and complexity | 第50-53页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION | 第53-59页 |
| ·Output and noticing | 第53-54页 |
| ·Noticing and accuracy development | 第54-56页 |
| ·Output and language development in terms of accuracy,fluency,and accuracy | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS,IMPLICATION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY | 第59-63页 |
| ·Findings and originality of the Current Research | 第59-60页 |
| ·Implications of this research | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and suggestions for further studies | 第61-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-67页 |
| APPENDICES | 第67-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ:Sample writing prompt for experimental group in Phase 1 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ:Sample writing prompt for experimental group in Phase 2 | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ:Questionnaire on the Length Approach | 第70-72页 |
