| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 前言 | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-22页 |
| ·THE PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第14-16页 |
| ·THE RATIONALE | 第16-18页 |
| ·Defining the issue--Pragmatic Failure | 第16-18页 |
| ·Necessity of the study on the relation between the Chinese EFL learners' English language proficiency and their pragmatic failures | 第18页 |
| ·THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第18-19页 |
| ·DEFINING THE RELEVANT TERMS | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-41页 |
| ·RESEARCHES ON INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第22-24页 |
| ·REVIWEW ON RELEVANT THEORIES | 第24-30页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperation Principles | 第25-26页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principles | 第26-28页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·REVIEW OF RESEARCHES ON PRAGMATICS AND CHINESE EFL LEARNERS | 第30-38页 |
| ·Different means of speech act realization & language transfer | 第30-32页 |
| ·Researches on pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic failure | 第32-34页 |
| ·Researches on language proficiency and pragmatic failure | 第34-36页 |
| ·Researches on Chinese EFL learners | 第36-38页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW | 第38-41页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第41-44页 |
| ·RESEARCH DESIGN | 第41页 |
| ·RESEARCH OBJECTIVES & RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS | 第41页 |
| ·RESEARCH SUBJECTS | 第41页 |
| ·PROCEDURES | 第41-42页 |
| ·SPECIFIC METHOD & DATA ANALYSIS | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS | 第44-48页 |
| ·GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TEST RESULTS | 第44页 |
| ·RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS' ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND PRAGMATIC FAILURES | 第44-47页 |
| ·Correlation between language proficiency and pragmatic failure | 第46页 |
| ·Insignificant difference between the learner's pragmatic failures | 第46页 |
| ·Classroom instruction | 第46页 |
| ·Progress of the subjects' pragmatic competence | 第46-47页 |
| ·SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBJECTS' RESPONSES | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSIONS | 第48-62页 |
| ·DISCUSSIONS ON THE RESEARCH RESULTS | 第48-55页 |
| ·Relationship between language proficiency and pragmatic failures | 第48页 |
| ·Explanations for the subjects' pragmatic failures | 第48-53页 |
| ·Reasons for improvement of Chinese EFL learners' pragmatic competence | 第53-55页 |
| ·Comparison of the results between different groups | 第55页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第55-56页 |
| ·Insufficient exercises | 第55-56页 |
| ·Under-effective instruments & multiple choices | 第56页 |
| ·REVELATION OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TEACHING | 第56-62页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第62-64页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第64-67页 |
| APPENDIX: TEST PAPER | 第67-69页 |
