| Abstract in English | 第1-13页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第13-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| ·The cultural teaching in FLT abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·The cultural teaching in FLT in China | 第22-25页 |
| ·The aims of cultural education in English syllabuses of middle schools in China | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Discussion | 第28-39页 |
| ·The definition of language, culture and their relationship | 第28-32页 |
| ·The nature of language | 第28-29页 |
| ·The concept of culture | 第29-30页 |
| ·The relationship of language and culture | 第30-32页 |
| ·The definition of communicative competence, cultural competence and their relationship | 第32-35页 |
| ·The concept of communicative competence | 第32-33页 |
| ·The concept of cultural competence | 第33-34页 |
| ·The relationship of communicative competence and cultural competence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Intercultural awareness and successful communication | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three An Investigation of Current Situation of Cultural Teaching in English Teaching in Middle Schools | 第39-62页 |
| ·Methodology | 第39-43页 |
| ·Research questions | 第39页 |
| ·Samples | 第39页 |
| ·Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| ·The design of the cultural test and questionnaires | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data collection | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analysis method | 第42页 |
| ·Validity and reliability | 第42-43页 |
| ·The limitation of the study | 第43页 |
| ·Results | 第43-53页 |
| ·The sample students’cultural knowledge | 第43-44页 |
| ·The sample students’intercultural awareness | 第44-46页 |
| ·The sample students’main sources of acquiring of cultural knowledge and cultural awareness | 第46-48页 |
| ·The sample teachers’cultural knowledge in English teaching in middle schools | 第48-49页 |
| ·The sample teachers’intercultural awareness | 第49-51页 |
| ·The sample teachers’main methods of cultural teaching in English teaching in middle schools | 第51-53页 |
| ·Analysis | 第53-60页 |
| ·The sample students’cultural knowledge | 第53-55页 |
| ·The sample students’intercultural awareness | 第55-56页 |
| ·The sample students’main sources of acquiring of cultural knowledge and cultural awareness | 第56-57页 |
| ·The sample teachers’cultural knowledge | 第57-58页 |
| ·The sample teachers’intercultural awareness | 第58-59页 |
| ·The sample teachers’main methods of cultural teaching in English teaching in middle schools | 第59-60页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Four How to Develop the Intercultural Awareness in English Teaching in Middle Schools | 第62-88页 |
| ·The goals of cultural teaching | 第62-64页 |
| ·The main principles for developing intercultural awareness in English teaching in middle schools | 第64-67页 |
| ·The relativity principle | 第64页 |
| ·The appropriate principle | 第64-65页 |
| ·The contrastive principle | 第65页 |
| ·The practical principle | 第65-66页 |
| ·The tolerant principle | 第66-67页 |
| ·The main approaches for developing intercultural awareness in English teaching in middle schools | 第67-88页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through teaching culturally—loaded words and phrases | 第68-75页 |
| ·Animal terms as vehicles | 第68-71页 |
| ·Color terms as vehicles | 第71-74页 |
| ·Idioms, proverbs, sayings and allusions as vehicles | 第74-75页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through the role-play | 第75-78页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through the group co-operation | 第78-79页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through film, television,plays, video, and even the Internet | 第79-80页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through periodical lectures | 第80-81页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through writing and translating | 第81-84页 |
| ·Different thinking patterns | 第81-82页 |
| ·Different discourse patterns | 第82-84页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through literature,newspaper, magazines and journals | 第84-85页 |
| ·Developing the intercultural awareness through comparing western culture with Chinese culture | 第85-88页 |
| Conclusion | 第88-90页 |
| Notes | 第90-94页 |
| Appendix | 第94-107页 |
| Reference | 第107-110页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第110-111页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第111页 |
