| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| ·Culture Teaching in EFL in China | 第7页 |
| ·Studies in Culture Teaching since the 1980s | 第7-8页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Present Research | 第8页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter Two Culture,Language and Communication | 第9-16页 |
| ·Definitions of Culture,Language and Communication | 第9-10页 |
| ·Relationship among Culture,Language and Communication | 第10-11页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication | 第11-16页 |
| ·Some Terms about Intercultural Communication | 第11-12页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication as a Human Activity | 第12页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication as a Field of Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Studies in China:A Critical Review | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Three Intercultural Competence | 第16-32页 |
| ·Barriers in Intercultural Communication | 第16-18页 |
| ·Assumption of Similarity | 第16页 |
| ·Stereotypes | 第16-17页 |
| ·Tendency to Evaluate | 第17页 |
| ·Automatic Transfer | 第17页 |
| ·Uncertainty and Anxiety | 第17-18页 |
| ·Some Important Components of Intercultural Competence | 第18-25页 |
| ·Intercultural Sensitivity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Intercultural Awareness | 第19-21页 |
| ·Behavioral Competence | 第21页 |
| ·Strategic Competence | 第21-22页 |
| ·Sociocultural Competence | 第22-25页 |
| ·Linguistic Competence | 第23页 |
| ·Communicative Competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Critical Competence | 第24-25页 |
| ·Challenges of Developing Intercultural Competence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Benefits of Attaining Intercultural Competence | 第26-28页 |
| ·Skills for Improving Intercultural Competence | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Four An Investigation into Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Culture Teaching | 第32-40页 |
| ·Classroom Observation | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interview | 第34-36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34页 |
| ·Responses from Students | 第34-35页 |
| ·Responses from Teachers | 第35-36页 |
| ·Implications of the Investigations | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Five Culture Teaching in Oral English Class | 第40-59页 |
| ·Some Features of Oral English | 第40-41页 |
| ·Three Trends of Culture Teaching | 第41-43页 |
| ·New Ways of Looking at the Language and Culture Teaching | 第43页 |
| ·Principles of Culture Teaching | 第43页 |
| ·Some Suggestions about Culture Teaching | 第43-46页 |
| ·Contents of Culture Teaching in Oral Class | 第46-53页 |
| ·Words and Expressions | 第46-50页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Everyday Conversation | 第50-51页 |
| ·Metaphor and Association | 第51-53页 |
| ·Euphemisms | 第53页 |
| ·Culture Teaching Approaches | 第53-57页 |
| ·Direct Introduction | 第53-54页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis | 第54页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Use of Authentic Materials | 第55-57页 |
| ·Criticism of Native-speaker-based Model of Communicative Approach to EFL | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendixes | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix One Classroom Observation Scheme | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix Two Interview Questions | 第68页 |
