| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purposes of the Thesis | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework—Schema Theory | 第15-21页 |
| ·Definitions of Schema | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classifications of Schema | 第16-17页 |
| ·Linguistic Schema | 第16页 |
| ·Content Schema | 第16-17页 |
| ·Formal Schema | 第17页 |
| ·Features of schema | 第17-18页 |
| ·Application of Schema Theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Application of Schema Theory in Reading and Listening | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Application of Schema Theory in Writing and Speaking | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Studies on English Speaking | 第21-29页 |
| ·The Definitions of Spoken Language | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Process of Speaking | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Features of Speaking | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on Speaking at home and abroad | 第24-25页 |
| ·Two Information-Processing Models and their Relationships | 第25-29页 |
| ·Bottom-Up Processing | 第26页 |
| ·Top-Down Processing | 第26页 |
| ·Interaction of the Two Modes | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Schema Theory in the Process of Speaking | 第29-48页 |
| ·Application of Schema in the phase of Comprehension | 第29-39页 |
| ·Language Comprehension | 第29-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Schema and Comprehension | 第31-35页 |
| ·Content Schema and Comprehension | 第35-37页 |
| ·Formal Schema and Comprehension | 第37-39页 |
| ·Two models of Information Process and Comprehension | 第39页 |
| ·Application of Schema in the Phase of Production | 第39-43页 |
| ·Conceptualization Stage | 第40-41页 |
| ·Formulation Stage | 第41-42页 |
| ·Articulation Stage | 第42-43页 |
| ·Self-Monitoring Stage | 第43页 |
| ·A Case Study of Speaking Process | 第43-45页 |
| ·Application of Schema in English Speaking Teaching | 第45-48页 |
| ·Enriching Schema | 第45-46页 |
| ·Activating Schema | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Major Findings and Implications | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-53页 |
