introduction 
chapter 1 review of efl teaching in china 
1.1 a profile of english leamers at various levels of education 
1.2 infiuential teaching methodologies 
1.3 china's educational problems 

chapter 2 efl learners' needs analysis 
2.1 definition of needs analysis 
2.2 importance of needs analysis 
2.3 chinese efl learners' needs 
2.4 washback of college english tests 

chapter 3 literature review on socialcognitive second language acquisition 
3.1 representative second language acquisition theories 
3.1.1 behaviorism 
3.1.2 krashen's five hypothesis 
3.1.3 cognitive theory 
3.1.4 vygotsky's social development theory 
3.2 towards a social cognitive perspective 
3.2.1 historical origin of social cognitive theory 
3.2.2 three basic assumptions of social cognitive theory 
3.2.3 core concepts of social cognitive theory 
3.3 sociocognitive perspective and second language acquisition 
3.3.1 language as a social and cognitive skill 
3.3.2 theoretical principles of sociocognitive perspective 
3.3.3 a new turn in second language acquisition 

chapter 4 seamless learning and english as a foreign language learning 
4.1 towards mobile assisted language learning 
4.1.1 pedagogical issues in mobile assisted language learning 
4.1.2 benefits and challenges 
4.2defining seamless learning 
4.3 prospects ofenglish as a foreign language learning in a seamless mode 
4.4 preparation for a seamless learning world 

appendices 
interview sample 1 
interview sample 2 
bibliography