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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationales for the present research
1.2 Aims of the present research
1.3 Methodology of the present research
1.4 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Costructivism
2.1.1 Interpretation of Constructivism
2.1.2 Philosophical basis of Constructivism
2.1.3 Psychological basis of Constructivism
2.2 Constructivist perspectives on theory of TEFL
2.2.1 Criticisms of Behaviourism
2.2.2 Development of Cognitive theory
2.2.3 Role of Input and Output
2.2.4 Coherence with Interactionists Position
2.3 Relevant studies on application of Constructivism in English teaching
Chapter Three A Proposed Constructivist Framework of TEFL
3.1 Guiding principles from Constructivism for TEFL
3.1.1 Constructivist views on learners
3.1.2 Constructivist views on teachers
3.1.3 Constructivist views on tasks
3.1.4 Constructivist views on contexts
3.2 A design of the Proposed Framework of TEFL
3.3 A sample lesson
Chapter Four Empirical Study of the Proposed Framework
4.1 Research design
4.1.1 Participants
4.1.2 Instruments
4.1.3 Data collection
4.2 Findings
4.2.1 Spoken English tests
4.2.2 Questionnaires
4.2.3 Classroom observations
4.2.4 Interviews
Chapter Five Discussion
5.1 Students' interest and confidence in Constructivist-based oral English classroom teaching
5.2 Students' real classroom participation in Constructivist-based oral English classroom teaching
5.3 Learner's critical, creative thinking and interlanguage development in Constructivist-based oral English classroom teaching
5.4 Learner's meaning construction and language production in Constructivist-based oral English classroom teaching
5.5 Students' oral English achievement Constructivist-based oral English classroom teaching
Chapter Six Conclusion and Implications
6.1 Major findings of the research
6.2 Major contributions of the research
6.3 Limitations and further studies
Acknowledgements
Appendices
Bibliography
Publications
