| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| 1 Purpose of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 2 Research questions | 第10-11页 |
| ChapterⅠ Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| ChapterⅡ Rationale for the study | 第14-19页 |
| 1 Competence and performance, grammar and pragmatics | 第14-15页 |
| 2 Second language acquisition and interlanguage pragmatics | 第15-16页 |
| 3 Usage of would | 第16-19页 |
| ChapterⅢ Methodology | 第19-25页 |
| 1 Participants | 第19页 |
| 2 Materials | 第19-23页 |
| a. One measurement of the general grammatical knowledge | 第20页 |
| b. One measurement of the specific grammatical knowledge of using would; | 第20-21页 |
| c. One measurement of the specific pragmatic ability of using would. | 第21-23页 |
| 3 Data analysis procedure | 第23-25页 |
| ChapterⅣ Results | 第25-30页 |
| 1 What is the relationship between the specific grammatical knowledge and the specific pragmatic ability of using would? | 第25-27页 |
| 2 What is the relationship between the general grammatical knowledge and the specific pragmatic ability of using would? | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter V Discussion | 第30-32页 |
| 1 Why the average score of the specific pragmatic ability test is lower than that of the specific grammatical knowledge test? | 第30-31页 |
| 2 Why is the average score of the female students in the specific pragmatic ability test generally higher than that of the male students even if their average score in the other two tests are similar? | 第31页 |
| 3 Why is the average score of the students who major in administration much higher than that of the students of the other three majors in the specific pragmatic ability test? | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Implications and Suggestions | 第32-35页 |
| 1 Grammar teaching as a means to an end; | 第32-33页 |
| 2 Teaching an English grammar with culture awareness; | 第33页 |
| 3 Teaching an English grammar of both form and function; | 第33-34页 |
| 4 Culture background teaching | 第34-35页 |
| Conclusion | 第35-36页 |
| References | 第36-38页 |
| AppendixⅠ The general grammatical test, including vocabulary and structure, reading comprehension and writing | 第38-39页 |
| AppendixⅡ The specific test for the grammatical use of would | 第39-43页 |
| AppendixⅢ The specific test for the pragmatic use of would. | 第43-46页 |
