| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Need of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Overview of the dissertation | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| ·Definition of Oral Fluency and L2 Oral Fluency | 第15-16页 |
| ·Assessment of oral fluency | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research on Temporal Variables | 第16-18页 |
| ·Rate of Speech | 第17页 |
| ·Pause Phenomena | 第17-18页 |
| ·Length of Fluent Runs | 第18页 |
| ·Linguistic Features and increased fluency | 第18页 |
| ·Formulaic Sequences | 第18-20页 |
| ·Definition of Formulaic Sequences | 第18-19页 |
| ·Categories of Formulaic Sequences | 第19-20页 |
| ·Formulaic Sequences in L2 Acquisition | 第20-24页 |
| ·Formulaic Sequences and children language acquisition | 第20-21页 |
| ·The creative construction of formulaic speech | 第21-22页 |
| ·Empirical researches on Formulaic Sequences and classroom instruction | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Research design and methodology | 第24-33页 |
| ·Goal of research | 第24页 |
| ·Research Design | 第24-29页 |
| ·Participants | 第24页 |
| ·Selecting the formulaic sequences in instruction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Task-based Formulaic sequences instruction | 第25-29页 |
| ·Data collection and Analysis | 第29-33页 |
| ·Data elicitation | 第29页 |
| ·Pretest and protest | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data preparation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Identification of pauses and calculation of the temporal indices | 第30-31页 |
| ·Measuring Formulaic Sequences Usage | 第31页 |
| ·Correlation analyses of Formulaic Sequences Usage and temporal indices | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-47页 |
| ·Quantitative results | 第33-37页 |
| ·Temporal indices | 第33-36页 |
| ·Speaking rate (SR) | 第33-34页 |
| ·Articulation rate (AR) | 第34页 |
| ·Mean length of run (MLR) | 第34-35页 |
| ·Phonation/time ratio (PTR) | 第35页 |
| ·Average length of Pause (ALP) | 第35页 |
| ·Summary of the temporal indices | 第35-36页 |
| ·Fs/S Ratio | 第36页 |
| ·Correlation between Fs/S Ratio and Fluency | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary of the formulaic sequences results | 第37页 |
| ·Qualitative results | 第37-43页 |
| ·Pauses | 第37-39页 |
| ·Formulaic in chains | 第39-41页 |
| ·Variation of formulaic sequences | 第41-42页 |
| ·Creativity and formulaic sequences | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary of the qualitative results | 第43页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第43-47页 |
| ·Development in L2 fluency as revealed by speaking rate (SR) | 第44页 |
| ·Development in L2 fluency as revealed by articulation rate (AR) | 第44页 |
| ·Development in L2 fluency as revealed by mean length of run (MLR) | 第44-45页 |
| ·Development in L2 fluency as revealed by phonation/time ratio (PTR) | 第45-46页 |
| ·Development in L2 fluency as revealed by average length of pause (ALP) | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Reference | 第49-55页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第55-65页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第69-77页 |
