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Chapter One Introduction |
15-23 |
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1.1 Purpose of the Study |
15 |
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1.2 Background to the Study |
15-17 |
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1.3 Scope and Focus of the Study |
17-18 |
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1.4 Significance of the Study |
18-19 |
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1.5 Definition of the Terms |
19-21 |
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1.5.1 Speech acts |
19-20 |
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1.5.2 Teacher talk |
20-21 |
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1.6 Outline of the Thesis |
21-23 |
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Chapter Two Literature Review |
23-28 |
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2.1 Introduction |
23 |
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2.2 Previous Studies on Teacher Talk in Western Countries |
23-25 |
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2.3 The Research on Teacher Talk in China |
25-26 |
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2.4 Theoretical Framework |
26-27 |
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2.5 Summary |
27-28 |
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Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection |
28-34 |
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3.1 Introduction |
28 |
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3.2 Research Methodology |
28-29 |
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3.3 The Process of Data Collection |
29-33 |
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3.3.1 Previous Methods Considered |
29-30 |
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3.3.2 Participants |
30-31 |
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3.3.3 Instruments |
31 |
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3.3.4 Procedures of Data Collection for the Present Study |
31-33 |
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3.4 Limitation of the Present Research Method |
33 |
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3.5 Summary |
33-34 |
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Chapter Four Results and Discussion |
34-45 |
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4.1 Introduction |
34 |
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4.2 Discourse Structure |
34-38 |
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4.2.1 Entries |
35-36 |
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4.2.2 Topic-oriented Activities |
36-37 |
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4.2.3 Exits |
37-38 |
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4.3 The Sociolinguistic Approach |
38-41 |
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4.3.1 Power and Solidarity |
38-39 |
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4.3.2 Code-switching |
39-41 |
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4.4 The Pragmatic Approach: The Speech Acts |
41-43 |
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4.4.1 Three types of speech acts |
41-43 |
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4.4.2.Indirect Speech Acts |
43 |
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4.5 Summary |
43-45 |
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Chapter Five Conclusions and Implications |
45-49 |
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5.1 Introduction |
45 |
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5.2 Major Findings from the Research |
45-47 |
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5.2.1 Findings on the Teaching Stages of English Lessons |
46 |
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5.2.2 Findings on Teachers' Communication Strategies |
46-47 |
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5.3 Implications |
47-48 |
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5.4 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research |
48-49 |
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Bibliography |
49-52 |
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Appendix |
52-71 |
