| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| 2.Literature review | 第15-33页 |
| ·Teacher talk: a historical survey | 第15-26页 |
| ·Three phases of researches on teacher talk | 第15-22页 |
| ·Features of teacher talk | 第22-26页 |
| ·Language teaching objectives in the cognitive domain | 第26-31页 |
| ·Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives in the cognitive domain | 第26-29页 |
| ·Valette and Disick's taxonomy of behavioral objectives in language teaching | 第29-30页 |
| ·Morris' development and application of Bloom's taxonomy in teaching reading | 第30-31页 |
| ·Researches into teacher talk in China | 第31-33页 |
| 3.Data and methodology | 第33-36页 |
| ·Research questions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data collection | 第34页 |
| ·Methodology | 第34-36页 |
| 4.Data analysis | 第36-58页 |
| ·Analysis of directive words and their cognitive orientation | 第36-46页 |
| ·Cognitive orientation of English primary school teachers as reflected in their use of directive words | 第36-41页 |
| ·Cognitive orientation of Chinese primary school teachers as reflected in their use of directive words | 第41-46页 |
| ·Analysis of questions and their cognitive orientation | 第46-52页 |
| ·Cognitive orientation of English primary school teachers as reflected in their use of questions | 第46-50页 |
| ·Cognitive orientation of Chinese primary school teachers as reflected in their use of questions | 第50-52页 |
| ·Analysis of the interactive mode between the teacher and students | 第52-57页 |
| ·The interactive mode in the English classes | 第52-55页 |
| ·The interactive mode in the Chinese classes | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |