| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One The Pedagogical Study of Register | 第13-25页 |
| 1．1 Introduction | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2 Towards a conceptual framework of register | 第14-15页 |
| 1．3 Three determinants of register | 第15-18页 |
| 1．3．1 Field of discourse | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3．2 Tenor of discourse | 第16-17页 |
| 1．3．3 Mode of discourse | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3．4 Three determinants work as a whole | 第18页 |
| 1．4 Situation, semantic system and register | 第18-19页 |
| 1．5 Two functions of register | 第19-23页 |
| 1．5．1 To predict meaning and situation by register | 第19-21页 |
| 1．5．2 To mirror culture by register | 第21-23页 |
| 1．6 The theory of register and language teaching | 第23-25页 |
| 1．6．1 The pedagogical study of register abroad | 第23-24页 |
| 1．6．2 The theory of register and TEFL in China | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Two Investigation and Data Analysis | 第25-41页 |
| 2．1 Introduction | 第25-26页 |
| 2．2 The investigation | 第26-40页 |
| 2．2．1 Questionnaire design | 第26页 |
| 2．2．2 Data collection | 第26-27页 |
| 2．2．3 Population | 第27页 |
| 2．2．4 Data analysis | 第27-32页 |
| 2．2．4．1 Analyzing the data of the questionnaire to teachers | 第27-30页 |
| 2．2．4．2 Analyzing the data of the questionnaire to learners | 第30-32页 |
| 2．2．5 Results and implications | 第32-38页 |
| 2．2．5．1 Results and implications of the questionnaire to teachers | 第32-35页 |
| 2．2．5．2 Results and implications of the questionnaire to learners | 第35-38页 |
| 2．2．6 Comparisons and implications | 第38-40页 |
| 2．3 Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Sensitivity to Register Variations and Oral Communicative Competence | 第41-50页 |
| 3．1 Introduction | 第41页 |
| 3．2 The complementary role of register | 第41-43页 |
| 3．3 A theoretical introduction of communicative competence | 第43页 |
| 3．4 CLA and sensitivity to register variations | 第43-45页 |
| 3．5 What successful oral communication involves | 第45-46页 |
| 3．6 Two false notions about oral communicative competence | 第46-47页 |
| 3．7 Developing oral communicative competence by the theory of register | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Four How to Deveiop Sensitivity to Register Variations in Oral Communication | 第50-80页 |
| 4．1 Conditions of learning oral English in China | 第50-51页 |
| 4．2 Problems in oral communication among English majors at the intermediate level | 第51-55页 |
| 4．2．1 The influence of age or maturational constraints | 第51-52页 |
| 4．2．2 Ignorance of central role of the aural medium | 第52-53页 |
| 4．2．3 Ignorance of sociocultural aspect | 第53-54页 |
| 4．2．4 The influence of the affective factors | 第54-55页 |
| 4．3 An approach of teaching registers in oral communication | 第55-56页 |
| 4．4 The selection and arrangement of teaching content | 第56-58页 |
| 4．4．1 Need-based foreign language teaching | 第56页 |
| 4．4．2 The notion of authenticity | 第56-58页 |
| 4．5 Techniques of developing sensitivity to register variations in oral communication | 第58-74页 |
| 4．5．1 Developing functional communicative ability | 第59-60页 |
| 4．5．2 Small talk | 第60页 |
| 4．5．3 Developing social interaction ability | 第60-66页 |
| 4．5．3．1 Role-playing controlled through cued dialogues | 第61-62页 |
| 4．5．3．2 Role-playing controlled through cues and information | 第62-63页 |
| 4．5．3．3 Role-playing controlled through situations and goals | 第63-64页 |
| 4．5．3．4 Role-playing in the form of debate or discussion | 第64-65页 |
| 4．5．3．5 The extension of social interaction activities | 第65-66页 |
| 4．5．4 Interactive problem solving | 第66-68页 |
| 4．5．5 Integrating the four skills | 第68-69页 |
| 4．5．6 Familiarizing students with non-linguistic features of communication | 第69-74页 |
| 4．5．6．1 Introducing cultural background knowledge of oral communication | 第69-70页 |
| 4．5．6．2 Introducing conventional knowledge of oral communication | 第70-72页 |
| 4．5．6．3 Introducing appropriate knowledge of oral communication | 第72-74页 |
| 4．6 Linguistic activities outside the classroom | 第74-75页 |
| 4．7 Roles in the communicative classroom | 第75-76页 |
| 4．8 Psychological factors in the classroom | 第76-77页 |
| 4．9 General principles underlying the development of sensitivity to register variations in oral communication | 第77-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-86页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Questionnaire to Teachers Who are Teaching or have taught English Majors at the Intermediate Level | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Questionnaire to English Majors at the Intermediate Level | 第88-89页 |
