张佐贤所著的《任务型教学在农村中学英语阅读教学中的应用研究》内容共分五章。第一章是对本书所要研究的目的和意义的介绍以及对农村中学这一概念的简要界定。第二章为目前中学英语阅读教学的目标阐述和对农村中学英语阅读教学现状的调查分析。第三章首先回顾了英语阅读理论，然后综述了任务型教学理论及其理论依据和在我国英语教学领域的研究现状等。第四章是本书的核心部分。具体内容涉及三个方面：(一)对实验研究的描述；(二)实验的具体实施；(三)运用SPSS13．0对实验测试和问卷调查的数据所进行的比较和分析。第五章为本书的研究成果、局限性以及对所涉问题进一步研究的展望。

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Purpose of this study

 1.2 Significance of this study

 1.3 Clear-up of the key term

Chapter 2 The Situation of English Reading Teaching in CSMS

 2.1 The goal of English reading teaching in senior middle schools

 2.2 An analysis of English reading teaching in CSMS

2.2.1 Students' problems in reading

2.2.2 Teachers' problems in teaching

2.2.3 About new textbooks and after class reading materials

Chapter 3 Literature Review

 3.1 A brief introduction to reading theories

3.1.1 The meaning of reading

3.1.2 Reading proces

3.1.3 Three models for the reading process

 3.1.3.1 Bottom-up model of reading

 3.1.3.2 Top-down model of reading

 3.1.3.3 Interactive model

3.1.4 Schema

3.1.5 Relevance theory

3.1.6 Dual-coding theory

 3.2 Advocacy of task-based English language teaching in reading

 3.3 About task and TBLT

3.3.1 Task

 3.3.1.1 Definition of task

 3.3.1.2 The differences between task and exercise

 3.3.1.3 Features of a task

 3.3.1.4 Components of a task

 3.3.1.5 Task types

 3.3.1.6 Principles in task selecting

3.3.2 The TBLT

 3.3.2.1 About TBLT

 3.3.2.2 Features of TBLT

 3.3.2.3 The basic principles in TBLT

 3.3.2.4 Teacher and student's role in TBLT

 3.4 Theoretical basis of TBLT

3.4.1 A psych.linguistic framework for TBLT based on the Vygotskyan hypothesis

3.4.2 Rationale from Krashen's second language acquisition hypothesis

 3.5 The implementation of TBLT

3.5.1 The Bangalore Communicational Teaching Project

3.5.2 Skehan's framework for task implementation

3.5.3 Willis' Model for TBLT

 3.6 The development of TBLT research in China

3.6.1 Affirm TBLT in primary and middle school English teaching syllabus

3.6.2 Organize and attend both international and national academic discussion

3.6.3 Training teachers

3.6.4 Textbooks edited according to the thinking of TBLT put into practice

Chapter 4 The Study

 4.1 Introduction to the experiment

4.1.1 The purpose of the experiment

4.1.2 The hypothesis

4.1.3 The subjects

4.1.4 Experimental time

4.1.5 Experimental materials

 4.1.5.1 The teaching materials

 4.1.5.2 The test materials

4.1.6 Variables

4.1.7 Procedure

 4.2 The implementation of experiment

4.2.1 The pre-test

 4.2.1.1 Reading pre-test

 4.2.1.2 Questionnaire pre-test

4.2.2 Teaching techniques used in the EC and CC

 4.2.2.1 Teaching techniques used in the EC

 4.2.2.2 Teaching techniques used in the CC

4.2.3 The post-test

 4.2.3.1 Reading post-test

 4.2.3.2 Questionnaire post-test

 4.3 Data collecting and analysis

4.3.1 Data analysis of reading tests

4.3.2 Data analysis of Questionnaire tests

Chapter 5 Discussions and Conclusion

 5.1 Major findings of the study

 5.2 Limitations of the present study

 5.3 Suggestions for further research

 5.4 Conclusion

Appendices

 Appendix 1 Examination paper on pre-test

 Appendix 2 Examination paper on post-test

 Appendix 3 Questionnaire of students' I&S in studying English

 Appendix 4 The material of teaching case 1

 Appendix 5 The material of teaching case 2

 Appendix 6 The raw scores about pre-test and post-test of reading

 Appendix 7 The raw scores about pre-test and post-test of I&S

Bibliography

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