| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-12页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Aim and scope of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Method of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-42页 |
| ·Speaking competence | 第19-24页 |
| ·Process of speaking comprehension | 第19-21页 |
| ·Concept of speaking competence | 第21-24页 |
| ·Nature of speaking competence | 第21页 |
| ·Structure of communicative competence | 第21-23页 |
| ·Components of language use and language test performance | 第23-24页 |
| ·Theoretical Assumptions of Authenticity | 第24-33页 |
| ·Definition of authenticity | 第25-28页 |
| ·Nature of authenticity | 第26页 |
| ·Perspectives of authenticity | 第26-27页 |
| ·Disadvantages of current authenticity research | 第27-28页 |
| ·Authenticity and Other Qualities of Testing | 第28-33页 |
| ·Authenticity and reliability | 第28-30页 |
| ·Authenticity and validity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Authenticity and interactivity | 第31页 |
| ·Authenticity and practicality | 第31-32页 |
| ·Authenticity and backwash effect | 第32-33页 |
| ·Empirical Study on Authenticity of Oral Ability Testing | 第33-37页 |
| ·Authenticity and oral ability testing | 第34-35页 |
| ·Oral test techniques | 第35-36页 |
| ·Current problems in the studies on authenticity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Applicative Study of Authenticity of Oral Ability Testing | 第37-41页 |
| ·Face—to—face oral ability testing | 第37-38页 |
| ·Human—recorder oral ability testing | 第38-39页 |
| ·Telephone transmission | 第39页 |
| ·Human—computer oral ability testing | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第42-47页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42页 |
| ·Questionnaires-based research | 第42-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43页 |
| ·Variables | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures | 第44页 |
| ·Experiment-based Research | 第44-47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45页 |
| ·Variables | 第45-46页 |
| ·Procedures | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第47-54页 |
| ·Questionaires-based research results | 第47-51页 |
| ·Results report | 第47-50页 |
| ·Results discussion | 第50-51页 |
| ·Experimental-testing-based research results | 第51-53页 |
| ·Results report | 第51-52页 |
| ·Discussion | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| ·Findings of the thesis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limits of the thesis | 第55页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第55-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| Appendix ⅠQuestionnaires for senior high school students | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Questionnaires for senior high school English teachers | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Questionnaires for English major students | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Questionnaire for candidates after experimental test | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Pre—experimental test for the candidates | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Experimental test 1 for the candidates | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ Experimental test 2 for the candidates | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ Question Sheet | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅸ Marking Sheet | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅹ Two results of the candidates in pre—experimental test | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅺ Questionnaires survey from the senior high school students | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅻ Questionnaires survey from English teachers | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅢ Questionnaires survey from University students | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅣ Questionnaire survey from candidates in English speaking interviewers | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅤ Scores from six foreign English native speakers in the pre—experimental test | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅥ Correlation of the assessment results of five English speaking interviewer | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅦ Scores of two groups of interviewers in the experimental test | 第83-85页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅧ Average scores of two groups in experimental test | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix ⅩⅨ Paired samples statistics of two groups of scores obtained in experimental test | 第87页 |
