| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review on English Tenses | 第14-19页 |
| ·Traditional Definitions of Tenses | 第14-15页 |
| ·Traditional Classification of the English Tenses | 第15-19页 |
| ·Five-tense Model | 第15页 |
| ·Bi-tense Model | 第15-16页 |
| ·Systemic-functional Tense Model | 第16-17页 |
| ·Disadvantages of the Tense Models Above | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Basis | 第19-34页 |
| ·Joos and his "Relation" Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Yi Zhongliang's Definitions of the English Tenses | 第19-21页 |
| ·Deficiencies of Yi's Definition | 第20-21页 |
| ·Qin yuxiang's Definitions of English Tenses---The Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第21-34页 |
| ·The Action State | 第21-22页 |
| ·Reference Time | 第22-23页 |
| ·Time Relations | 第23-24页 |
| ·Objective Time Distance Expressed by the Past Tense | 第24-25页 |
| ·Subjective Time Distance Expressed by the Past Tense | 第25-26页 |
| ·Subjective Time Relations Expressed by the Present Tense | 第26-27页 |
| ·Objective Time Relations Expressed by the Present Tense | 第27-28页 |
| ·Advantages of the New Definitions | 第28-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Problems in Tense-Teaching In High Schools | 第34-39页 |
| ·Situation of Tense-Teaching in High Schools | 第34-35页 |
| ·Problems with Students in Tense-Learning | 第35页 |
| ·Reasons of the Problems in Tense-Teaching in High Schools | 第35-39页 |
| ·Teachers' Incorrect Understanding of Tense | 第35-36页 |
| ·Students' Incorrect Understanding of Tense | 第36-37页 |
| ·Some Other Reasons for the Present Incorrect Understanding of Tense | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cognitive way of Tense Teaching | 第39-63页 |
| ·Cognition and Foreign Language Study | 第39-41页 |
| ·Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Way | 第41-63页 |
| ·Possibility of Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第41-43页 |
| ·Models of Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第43-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Experimental Study and Data Analysis | 第63-72页 |
| ·Subjects | 第63页 |
| ·Instruments | 第63-67页 |
| ·Experimental Procedures | 第67-69页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第67-68页 |
| ·Treatment | 第68页 |
| ·Post-test | 第68-69页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Interpretation | 第69-72页 |
| ·Analysis of Pre-test Scores | 第69页 |
| ·Analysis of Post-test Scores | 第69-70页 |
| ·Analysis of Pre-test and Post-test Scores of Experimental Class Students | 第70-71页 |
| ·Analysis of the Cognitive Ways of solving Tense Problems | 第71-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Verb Test (1) | 第80-91页 |
| Appendix Verb Test (2) | 第91-95页 |
| Appendix Verb Test (3) | 第95-108页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第108-109页 |
