| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第17-24页 |
| ·Studies on Developing Students’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence Abroad | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies on Developing Students’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence at Home | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Two A Theoretical Consideration on Developing First-year College English Majors’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第24-42页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Definition of Language | 第24页 |
| ·The Definition of Culture | 第24-26页 |
| ·Surface-structure and Deep-structure of Culture | 第26-27页 |
| ·The characteristics of Culture | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relationship Between Language and Culture | 第29-31页 |
| ·Culture and Communication | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Definition and components of Communication | 第31-32页 |
| ·Understanding Culture in Communication | 第32-33页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Communication | 第33-34页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Communication and Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第34-36页 |
| ·Pragmatics | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Definition of Pragmatics | 第36-37页 |
| ·Pragmatics Awareness | 第37-40页 |
| ·Addressing | 第37-38页 |
| ·Greeting | 第38-39页 |
| ·Conversation Topics | 第39页 |
| ·Compliments | 第39页 |
| ·Refusal | 第39-40页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three An Investigation of the First-year College English Majors’ Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第42-63页 |
| ·Methodology | 第42-43页 |
| ·Purpose of the Investigation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Methodology | 第43页 |
| ·Quantitative Study | 第43-46页 |
| ·Quantitative Study of the First-year English Majors’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第43-44页 |
| ·Quantitative Study of Perceptions of Teachers on Current Culture Teaching in Colleges | 第44-45页 |
| ·Validity and Reliability | 第45-46页 |
| ·Qualitative Study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Results of the Studies | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis | 第48-61页 |
| ·Analysis on Students’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第49-55页 |
| ·Lacking of Culture knowledge | 第49-51页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic Failures Made by the Subjects | 第51-53页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic Failures Made by the Subjects | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis on Students’Deep-structure Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第55-60页 |
| ·Analysis on Failures Connected with Western Religions | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis on Failures Connected with Different Life Attitudes | 第57-58页 |
| ·Analysis on Failures Connected with Different Value Orientations | 第58-59页 |
| ·Analysis on Failures Connected with Chinese Personalities | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analysis on Failures Connected with Stereotyping and Prejudice | 第60-61页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Four Implication of the Investigation | 第63-72页 |
| ·Developing Students’Pragmatic Awareness | 第63-64页 |
| ·Developing Students’Cross-cultural Awareness | 第64-68页 |
| ·Setting up Student-centered Culture Teaching | 第64-65页 |
| ·Adding Culture Contents to Textbooks | 第65页 |
| ·Creating Culture Realities in Classroom | 第65-66页 |
| ·Teaching Culture Comparatively | 第66-67页 |
| ·Avoiding Stereotyping and Prejudice in Culture Teaching | 第67-68页 |
| ·Aids to Develop Students’Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第68-71页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第71-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第86页 |