| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT IN CHINESE | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第8-11页 |
| CONTENTS | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-34页 |
| ·Theories related to intercultural communication | 第17-23页 |
| ·Some definition related to this thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Dimensions of culture | 第18-23页 |
| ·Individualism and collectivism culture | 第19-21页 |
| ·High-context and Low-context culture | 第21-23页 |
| ·Theories related to face | 第23-32页 |
| ·Western perspective of face | 第23-29页 |
| ·Goffman's theory of face and social interaction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's face and politeness strategies theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Stella Ting-Toomey's face negotiation theory | 第26-29页 |
| ·Chinese perspectives of face | 第29-32页 |
| ·The concept of face of Chinese | 第29-30页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Chinese face | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第34-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Participants | 第35页 |
| ·instrument | 第35-40页 |
| ·Procedure | 第40-41页 |
| ·Validity | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4:Data Presentation and Discussion | 第43-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Results and discussion based on questionnaire | 第43-67页 |
| ·Western students concern with their own face | 第43-51页 |
| ·Western students concern with their teachers' face | 第51-62页 |
| ·Western students concern with mutual face | 第62-66页 |
| ·Conclusion for questionnaire | 第66-67页 |
| ·Results and discussion based on the teachers' interview | 第67-69页 |
| ·Relationship between the teachers' interview and the questionnaire | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第70-74页 |
| ·Major findings | 第70-71页 |
| ·New findings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitation of this study | 第72页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第72-74页 |
| Reference | 第74-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ.Questionnaire(English) | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ.Outline for teachers' interview | 第80-81页 |
| Publications | 第81页 |
