| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| 前言 | 第11-17页 |
| List of Abbreviation | 第17-18页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第19-22页 |
| ·Context of the Study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Purposes of the study | 第20页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-41页 |
| ·Nature of Listening and Listening Process | 第22-28页 |
| ·Definitions of Listening Comprehension | 第22-23页 |
| ·Nature of Listening Comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·Listening Processes | 第24-28页 |
| ·Listening Processes by Anderson | 第25页 |
| ·Listening Processes Under Schema Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Bottom-up Process | 第25-26页 |
| ·Top-down Process | 第26页 |
| ·Interactive Process | 第26-27页 |
| ·Nature of Listening Process | 第27-28页 |
| ·Literature Review of Schema Theory | 第28-41页 |
| ·Categories of Schemata | 第29-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Schemata | 第30页 |
| ·Formal Schemata | 第30-31页 |
| ·Content Schemata | 第31页 |
| ·Functions of Schemata | 第31-37页 |
| ·Functions of Schemata in Listening Comprehension Process | 第32-37页 |
| ·Schemata and Memory | 第34-35页 |
| ·Schemata and Inference | 第35-36页 |
| ·Schemata and Expectation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Previous Research on Functions of Schemata in Listening | 第37-41页 |
| ·Previous Research in foreign countries | 第37-39页 |
| ·Previous Research in China | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Experiment | 第41页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第41页 |
| ·Subjects | 第41-42页 |
| ·Instruments | 第42页 |
| ·Procedures of the Experiment | 第42-44页 |
| ·Materials | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第46-57页 |
| ·The Result of the Questionnaire | 第46-47页 |
| ·Do the students have trouble listening to English? | 第46页 |
| ·What are in the way of their English listening? | 第46-47页 |
| ·Do schemata have effect on ESL listening? | 第47页 |
| ·The Result of the Experiment | 第47-51页 |
| ·T-test for the pretests of the EG and the CG | 第47-48页 |
| ·T-test for the experimental test of the EG and the CG | 第48-51页 |
| ·T-test for the total scores of the experimental test of the EG and CG | 第48-49页 |
| ·T-test for the score of the easy passage between the EG and the CG | 第49页 |
| ·T-test for the score of the medium-level passage between the EG and the CG | 第49-50页 |
| ·T-test for the score of the difficult passage between the EG and the CG | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Result of Interview | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary of the experiment | 第54-57页 |
| ·Does schemata have a great influence on the listeners' comprehension? | 第54页 |
| ·Is schemata always taking effect regardless of the different levels of listening materials? | 第54-56页 |
| ·How do listeners with different listening proficiencies apply the information processing during listening? | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Implications of Schema Theory in EFL Listening Teaching | 第57-64页 |
| ·Implications in Conducting Listening Activities | 第57-61页 |
| ·Pre-listening Activities | 第57-59页 |
| ·Establishing a Purpose for Listening | 第58页 |
| ·Activating Schemata | 第58-59页 |
| ·Providing Students with Necessary Vocabulary | 第59页 |
| ·During-listening (While-listening) Activities | 第59-60页 |
| ·Post-listening Activities | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications in Designing Listening Materials | 第61-64页 |
| ·Making Listening Materials Accessible and Suitable | 第61页 |
| ·Facilitating Listeners' Top-down Processing | 第61-62页 |
| ·Including Certain Culture-specific Content Schema | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-74页 |
| Appendix I | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix II | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix III | 第79页 |
