| Acknowledgments | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·Background of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overall structure of the study | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Key terms in this study | 第17-26页 |
| ·Key terms related to TOA | 第17-23页 |
| ·Key terms related to English news listening | 第23-26页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第26-29页 |
| ·Input Theory | 第27页 |
| ·Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ego Boundary Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous research at home and abroad | 第29-33页 |
| ·Previous research on TOA at home | 第29-30页 |
| ·Previous research on TOA abroad | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous research on news listening at home | 第31页 |
| ·Previous research on news listening abroad | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第33-40页 |
| ·Research questions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Research design | 第34-40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-36页 |
| ·Pilot study | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第40-57页 |
| ·English majors' general tendency of TOA | 第40-45页 |
| ·Ambiguous situations that students can tolerate most | 第42-44页 |
| ·Ambiguous situations that students can tolerate least | 第44-45页 |
| ·Correlation analysis between English majors' TOA and news listening performance | 第45-49页 |
| ·Correlation between good English news listening performers' TOA and their news listening performance | 第47-48页 |
| ·Correlation between poor English news listening performers' TOA and their news listening performance | 第48-49页 |
| ·Factors affecting the correlation between English majors' TOA and their news listening performance | 第49-57页 |
| ·Factors affecting the correlation in terms of difficulty index | 第49-52页 |
| ·Factors affecting the correlation in terms of news source country | 第52-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Major findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Helping students develop a relatively higher or moderate level of TOA | 第58-59页 |
| ·Advising students to choose appropriate news listening materials | 第59页 |
| ·Training students to make full use of background knowledge | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Publications | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第66-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第71-77页 |
