声明
摘要
Abstract
Table of Contents
1 Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research
1.1.1 The English Teaching Importance of Secondary Vocational School
1.1.2 The Situation of Students’ English Level in Secondary Vocational School
1.1.3 The Teaching Situation of Secondary Vocational School
1.2 Significance of the Research
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Basis
2.1 The Definition of Situational Teaching Method
2.1.1 The Definition of Situation
2.1.2 The Definition of Situational Teaching Method
2.2 Research on Situational Teaching Method
2.2.1 The Features of the Situational Teaching Method
2.2.2 Previous Studies on the Situational Teaching Method Abroad
2.2.3 Previous Studies on the Situational Teaching Method at Home
2.3 Theoretical Framework
2.3.1 The Constructivist Theory
2.3.2 The Input Hypotheses
2.3.3 Psychology Theory
3 Chapter Three Research Design
3.1 Research Purpose
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Research Participants
3.4 Research Method
3.5 Research Instruments
3.6 Research Procedures
3.6.1 Questionnaire about Students’ Current study situation
3.6.2 Pretest about the Students’ Current English Level
3.6.3 Experiment about Situational Teaching Method
3.6.4 Post-test about Students’ Hotel English Performance
3.6.5 Questionnaire about Students’ reflection of Situational Teaching Method
4 Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion
4.1 Analysis of the Data of the Tests
4.1.1 The Test Comparison between the Controlled Class and the Experimental Class
4.1.2 The Within-group Comparison in the Experimental Class
4.1.3 The Within-group Comparison in the Controlled Class
4.1.4 Discussion about the Test Results of the Experimental Class and the Controlled Class
4.2 The Analysis of the Questionnaires
4.2.1 The Analysis of the Pre-questionnaires about the Experimental Class
4.2.2 The Analysis of the Pre-questionnaires about the Controlled Class
4.2.3 The Analysis of the Post-questionnaires about the Experimental Class
4.2.4 Discussion about the Questionnaires Results of the Experimental Class and the Controlled Class
4.3 The Analysis of the Interview
4.3.1 Interview
4.3.2 Results of the Interview
4.3.3 Discussion of the Interview
5 Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations of the research
5.4 Suggestions for the Future Research
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements