任务型教学法对非英语专业学生英语口语水平影响-毕业论文.doc

Influence of Task-based Language Teaching Approach on L2 Speaking Proficiency of Non-English Majors By Zhou Xin Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Under the supervision of Associate Professor Zeng Xianmo College of International Studies Guizhou University June, 2009 Acknowledgements I am most indebted to my supervisor, Professor Zeng Xianmo for his rigorous, enthusiastic, and effective supervision, insightful comments and wonderful patience. He was kind and generous to spend his time discussing my research work with me whenever and wherever I needed assistance. Without his guidance and help, this thesis would never have been finished. Hearty thanks should be given to all the professor who taught me in the past few years: Professor Jing Dingyuan, Professor Wang Zhiyun, Professor Duan Linli and Professor Li Bingling. I am grateful to Professor Tang Manjiang who was patient and kind to talk with me at length about the design of the study and gave me helpful and constructive suggestions. And he also helped me carry out the teaching experiment and collect the research data. Special thanks should be expressed to the students of Guizhou University for their cooperation in my research. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to my family members who have always been supporting and encouraging me. i Influence of Task-based Language Teaching Approach on L2 Speaking Proficiency of Non-English Majors Specialty: Foreign Linguistics Applied Linguistics  Orientation: English Teaching Methodology Supervisor: Zeng Xianmo  M.A. Candidate: Zhou Xin Abstract: In the past twenty years the field of language teaching and learning has witnessed a profusion of evaluation of syllabuses. Based on the development of applied linguistics, the second language acquisition, learning theory and the instructional theory, the Task-based approach emerged in the 1980s.“Learning by Doing” is the first principle of Task-based Language