声明
摘要
Abstract
List of Tables and Figures
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Significance and purposes of the study
1.3 Overall structure of the study
1.4 The Significance and Characteristics of the Spoken Medical English Teaching
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Communicative Language Teaching and Its Relevant Issues
2.1.1 Theoretical Bases of CLT
2.1.2 Characteristic Features of CLT
2.2 Swain’s Output Hypothesis and Its Relevant Issues
2.2.1 The Proposal of Output Hypothesis and Its Contents
2.2.2 Roles of Language Output
2.3 The Interplay of Communicative Language Teaching and Output Hypothesis
2.4 Some Related Issues of Spoken English
2.4.1 The Nature of Oral Communication
2.4.2 Principles for Teaching Spoken English
2.5 CLT Based on Output Hypothesis and Spoken Medical English Teaching
2.5.1 Current situation of Spoken Medical English Teaching in China
2.5.2 Features of Traditional Spoken Medical English Course
2.5.3 Merits of applying CLT Based on Output Hypothesis to Spoken Medical English Teaching
2.6 The Related Studies on CLT and Output Hypothesis Abroad and at Home
2.6.1 The Related Studies on CLT and Output Hypothesis Abroad
2.6.2 The Related Studies on CLT and Output Hypothesis at Home
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Subjects
3.3 Instruments
3.4 Experimental procedures
3.4.1 Questionnaire before the experiment
3.4.2 Pre-test
3.4.3 Teaching procedures
3.4.4 Post-test
3.4.5 Questionnaire after the experiment
3.4.6 Interview
Chapter Four Data analysis and discussion
4.1 Introduction to data analysis
4.2 The analysis and comparison of the tests
4.3 The analysis of the questionnaire
4.3.1 The analysis of the questionnaire before the experiment
4.3.2 The analysis of the questionnaire after the experiment
4.4 The analysis of the interview
4.4.1 Interview with students
4.4.2 Interview with teachers
Chapter Five Conclusions and Implications
5.1 Research conclusions
5.2 Pedagogic implications for Spoken Medical English teaching and learning
5.3 Limitations of the study
References
Appendix Ⅰ The Pre-test of Spoken Medical English
Appendix Ⅱ The Post-test of Spoken Medical English
Appendix Ⅲ Students’ Questionnaire on the Spoken Medical English Class
Appendix Ⅳ Interview Questions
Acknowledgements