基于多用户虚拟环境的英语口语教学研究--理论与实践

        The purpose of this study was to explore how multi-user virtual environments(MUVEs)could be better utilized for spoken English learning and teaching based on the analysis of learning behavior, with an emphasis on pedagogical approaches to spoken English teaching in the Second Life virtual world．

    张海森，于天津师范大学获得英美文学学士和硕士学位，于北京师范大学获得教育学博士学位。
    2006～2007年为美国密西根州立大学访问学者。现任对外经济贸易大学英语学院商务英语系副教授、硕士生导师，主要研究领域包括商务英语语言教学及新兴技术在外语教育中的应用等。

Chapter 1  INTRODUCTION
  1.1  Background of the study
  1.2  Statement of the problem
  1.3  Purpose of the study
  1.4  Significance of the study
Chapter 2  LITERATURE REVIEW
  2.1  Spoken language learning
  2.2  Major factors that affect spoken language learning
  2.3  Effectiveness of spoken language learning
  2.4  Learning behavior and its effect on academic achievement
  2.5  Language learning in MUVEs
  2.6  Current developments in language learning with technology
Chapter 3  THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
  3.1  Second language acquisition
  3.2  Language learning in MUVEs
  3.3  Educational affordances of MUVEs
Chapter 4  METHODOLGY
  4.1  Design
  4.2  Instrumentation
  4.3  Data collection
Chapter 5  RESEARCH FINDINGS
  5.1  The current state of spoken English learning in the physical world
  5.2  Learning characteristics of the less proficient students
  5.3  Learning characteristics of the more proficient students
  5.4  Characteristics of spoken English learning in MUVEs
Chapter 6  DISCUSSION
  6.1  Spoken English learning in traditional learning contexts
  6.2  Pedagogical affordances of MUVEs for spoken English learning
  6.3  Behavioral characteristics of spoken English learners in MUVEs
  6.4  The conceptual framework of spoken English learning in MUVEs
  6.5  A pedagogical model of spoken English learning in MUVEs
  6.6  Pedagogical challenges of spoken English learning in MUVEs
Chapter 7  CONCLUSIONS
  7.1  Summary of major findings
  7.2  Pedagogical implications
  7.3  Limitations of this study
  7.4  Suggestions for further research
Appendix A  A Questionnaire on Routine Spoken English Learning
Appendix B  An Interview Protocol for Identifying Routine Spoken English Learning Behaviors
Appendix C  An Interview Protocol for Identifying Spoken English Learning Behaviors in Second Life
Appendix D  Observation Protocol
Appendix E  Some Sample Oral Tasks
References
Acknowledgments