| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Symbols used in the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research purpose | 第14-15页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Review of the literature | 第17-30页 |
| ·Communicative competence, linguistic competence and pragmatic competence | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Significance of developing pragmatic competence in EFL context | 第20-21页 |
| ·Investigated speech act: compliment and compliment-responses | 第21-30页 |
| ·Definition and characteristics | 第22-26页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment and compliment-responses | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework for Developing Pragmatic Competence in Instructional Context | 第30-39页 |
| ·SLA theoretical conditions for pragmatic learning | 第30-36页 |
| ·Input and intake | 第31-33页 |
| ·Output | 第33-35页 |
| ·Feedback | 第35-36页 |
| ·Pragmatics and language instruction in FL classroom context | 第36-37页 |
| ·Explicit instruction | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第39-54页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39-41页 |
| ·Instruments of data collection | 第41-46页 |
| ·Discourse completion test (MDCT & WDCT) | 第42-43页 |
| ·Rating assessment tests (awareness and confidence) | 第43-45页 |
| ·Questionnaire after treatment | 第45-46页 |
| ·Instructional treatment and materials | 第46-49页 |
| ·Target forms for compliment and compliment responses | 第46-48页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第48-49页 |
| ·Instructional sessions and data collection procedures | 第49-54页 |
| ·Design of instructional sessions | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data collection procedures | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第54-68页 |
| ·Results and discussion concerning the effects of instruction on production | 第54-62页 |
| ·Results and discussion concerning the effects of instruction on awareness | 第62-64页 |
| ·Results and discussion concerning the effects of instruction on confidence | 第64-66页 |
| ·Analyses of the after-treatment questionnaire | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
| Appendices | 第76-95页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ : Background information questionnaire | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Questionnaire scenarios of giving compliments in the pre-test and in the post-test | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Rating assessment test: pre-test and post-test | 第82-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ: Teaching materials concerning the speech act of giving compliments to the interlocutor in English | 第90-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ: Questionnaire after treatment | 第93-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ: Published works | 第94-95页 |
