| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Table of Contents | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第14-17页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-26页 |
| ·Key Terms | 第17页 |
| ·Working memory | 第17页 |
| ·Task repetition | 第17页 |
| ·Related Theoretical Issues | 第17-20页 |
| ·Levelt’s speech production model | 第17-18页 |
| ·Working memory theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Input frequency effects | 第19-20页 |
| ·Related Empirical Studies | 第20-24页 |
| ·Related studies on the effect of working memory capacity on EFL learners’speech production | 第20-22页 |
| ·Related studies on the effect of task repetition on EFL learners’speech production | 第22-24页 |
| ·Limitations in the previous studies | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第26-33页 |
| ·Research questions | 第26页 |
| ·Research design | 第26-30页 |
| ·Research process | 第27页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27-28页 |
| ·Instruments | 第28-30页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第30-33页 |
| ·Working memory capacity | 第30页 |
| ·EFL learners’speech production | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS and DISCUSSION | 第33-54页 |
| ·Results | 第33-48页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics for working memory capacity | 第33-34页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics for speech production | 第34-35页 |
| ·Results of the mixedANOVA | 第35-48页 |
| ·The effects of working memory capacity and task repetition on EFL learners’speech production in terms of accuracy | 第36-39页 |
| ·The effects of working memory capacity and task repetition on EFL learners’speech production in terms of complexity | 第39-45页 |
| ·The effects of working memory capacity and task repetition on EFL learners’speech production in terms of fluency | 第45-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-54页 |
| ·The effect of working memory capacity on EFL learners’ speech production in terms of accuracy, complexity and fluency | 第48-50页 |
| ·The effect of task repetition on EFL learners’ speech production in terms of accuracy, complexity and fluency | 第50-51页 |
| ·The interaction effect of working memory capacity and task repetition on EFL learners’speech production | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter FiveCONCLUSION | 第54-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implications | 第55-57页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第55-56页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第56页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第57-58页 |
| REFERENCES | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-68页 |
