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ABBREVIATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Research Questions
2. TRADITIONAL BELIEFS ABOUT EDUCATION
2.1 Traditional Roles of Teacher
2.2 Traditional Beliefs About Learning and Learners
2.3 The Disadvantages of Traditional Teaching and Learning to Learners
3. THEORETICAL BASIS: A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH, THE THEORY OF ZPD AND MEDIATION
3.1A Constructivist Approach
3.1.1AConstructivist View of Education
3.1.2 A Constructivist View of Teaching
3.1.3 The Teacher as Reflective Practitioner
3.2 The Theory of ZPD and Mediation
3.2.1 The Definition of ZPD
3.2.2 Distal Zone and Proximal Zone
3.2.3 Four-Stage Model of ZPD
3.2.4 The Significance of ZPD
3.3 The Theory of Mediation
3.3.1Feuerstein' sTheory of Mediation
3.3.2 The Model of Mediation
3.3.3 The Differences Between Mediator and Disseminator of Informationl
3.3.4 Key Features of Mediation
3.4 The Relationship Between ZPD and Mediation
3.5 The Significance of Mediator
4. SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HELP LEARNERS GO THROUGH THEIR ZPD AND BECOME AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS
4.1 Carrying Out the Investigation of Student' s ZPD
4.1.1 Two Different Kinds of Information Categogries.
4.1.2 Techniques for Data Collection of Students
4.1.3 The Significance of Students' Analysis
4.2 Advocating the Task-Based Teaching Mode
4.2.1 Tasks in Foreign Language Teaching
4.2.2 Task Components and Task Difficulty
4.2.3 Teachers' Mediation Role in the Task-Based Approach
4.3 Enabling Learners to Take Control of Learning
4.3.1 The Development and Importance of Self-Concept
4.3.2 Fostering Learners' Feeling of Self-Competence
4.3.3 Helping Students to Take Control of Their Behaviors
4.3.4 Encouraging Students to Set Their Own Goals
4.3.5 Providing An Appropriate Challenge in Tasks
4.3.6 Developing Learners' Awareness of Change
4.3.7 Believing in Positive Outcomes
4.4 Carrying Out Learner Strategy Trainingin Foreign Language Teaching
4.4.1 The Goal of Strategy Training
4.4.2 Integrating the Strategies-Based Instruction with Language Tasks
4.4.3 Teachers' MediationRole in Strategies Training
4.5 Fostering Students' Social Development
4.5.1 Encouraging Cooperative Learning
4.5.2 Encouraging Individuality and Developing A Feeling of Belonging
4.6 Arousing and Sustaining Learners' Motivation
4.6.1A Proposed Definition of Motivation
4.6.2 The Involvement of Significant Teachers
4.7 Utilizing Modern Teaching Techniques for Language Teaching and Learning
5. CONCLUSION
5.1 Conclusion of the Research
5.2 Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Further Study
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