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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Purpose and significance of the study
1.3 Structure of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical bases
2.1.1 The constructivism
2.1.2 The zone of proximal development
2.1.3 Relationship between scaffolding theory and ZPD
2.2 Peer scaffolding
2.2.1 Definition and characteristic of scaffolding
2.2.2 The types of scaffolding
2.2.3 Previous studies on peer scaffolding in English Class
2.3 Group interaction
2.3.1 Definition of group interaction
2.3.2 Previous studies on group interaction in English Class
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Research subjects
3.3 Research instruments
3.3.1 Class observation with audio recordings
3.3.2 Questionnaire
3.3.3 Interview
3.4 Research procedures
3.4.1 Data collection
3.4.2 Data analysis
Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion
4.1 Peer scaffolding in group interaction
4.2 Functions of peer scaffolding
4.3 The major influencing factors of providing peer scaffolding
4.3.1 Influencing factors
4.3.2 The providing of peer scaffolding
4.3.3 Regression of the providing of peer scaffolding
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations of the study
5.4 Suggestions for future study
参考文献
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
