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Part one Introduction
1.1 Research background and significance
1.2 Research objectives and questions
1.3 Key terms
Part Two Literature review
2.1 Some terms
2.1.1 Communicative competence
2.1.2 Distinction between competence and performance
2.1.3 Learning versus acquisition
2.1.4 Second language versus foreign language
2.2 Learning strategies
2.3 Learning environment
2.4 Summary
Part Three Report of the problems in English oral communication
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Main problems in the Chinese students' English oral communication
3.2.1 Grammar-focused study in China
3.2.2 Specific errors resulting from the combination of language and cultural transfer
3.2.3 Summary
3.3 An investigation
3.3.1 Purpose
3.3.2 Participants
3.3.3 Data collection
3.3.4 Some other problems in students' oral communicative process in middle schools
3.4 Conclusion
Part four Implications and suggestions for the teaching of oral communication
4.1 Purpose
4.2 Communicative language teaching
4.3 A diagnostic approach
4.3.1 Choosing appropriate topics
4.3.2 Stimulating students' motivation
4.3.3 Reducing students' anxiety of teaching of English oral communication
4.3.4 Modifying the assessment of speaking
Part five Conclusion
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