| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第12-22页 |
| ·The Importance of Grammar in English | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Importance of Tense in English | 第13页 |
| ·The Importance of Tense-teaching in China | 第13-14页 |
| ·Problems in Tense-teaching in Middle Schools | 第14-16页 |
| ·Problems with Grammar-teaching in Middle Schools | 第15页 |
| ·Problems with Tense-teaching in Middle Schools | 第15-16页 |
| ·Problems with Teachers in Tense-teaching | 第15-16页 |
| ·Problems with Students in Tense-learning | 第16页 |
| ·Causes of the Problems in Tense-teaching in Middle Schools | 第16-19页 |
| ·Teachers' Incorrect Cognition of Tense | 第16-17页 |
| ·Students' Incorrect Cognition of Tense | 第17-18页 |
| ·Present Incorrect Cognition of Tense | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ A Cognitive Review on Tense in English | 第22-44页 |
| ·Review of Traditional Viewpoints on Tense | 第22-27页 |
| ·Introduction to Some Main Viewpoints on Tense | 第22-24页 |
| ·Definitions of Tense from the Multi-tense Perspective | 第23-24页 |
| ·Definitions of Tense from the Bi-tense Perspective | 第24页 |
| ·Comment on Traditional Viewpoints on Tense | 第24-27页 |
| ·Comment on Definitions from the Multi-tense Perspective | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comment on Definition from the Bi-tense Perspective | 第25-27页 |
| ·Introduction to the "Relation" Theory of Tense | 第27-29页 |
| ·Definition of the "Relation" Theory | 第28页 |
| ·Comment on the "Relation" Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Tense from a Cognitive Perspective | 第29-44页 |
| ·Cognition and Time | 第30-32页 |
| ·Cognition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Time | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cognition and the Expression of Time Concepts | 第32页 |
| ·Cognition and Tense | 第32-33页 |
| ·Cognition and the New Definition of Tense | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Action State | 第34页 |
| ·The Reference Time | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Time Relations | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the New Definition | 第37-38页 |
| ·Cognition and the Meaning of the Present Tense | 第38-40页 |
| ·Cognition and the Meaning of the Past Tense | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ A Cognitive Approach to Tense Teaching | 第44-70页 |
| ·Cognition and Foreign Language Study | 第44-46页 |
| ·Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第46-67页 |
| ·The Possibility of Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Mode of Teaching Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第48-67页 |
| ·Teaching the Form of Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第48-54页 |
| ·Teaching the Meaning of Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第54-57页 |
| ·Teaching the Use of Tense in a Cognitive Approach | 第57-67页 |
| ·Teaching the Use of the Present Tense from a Cognitive Perspective | 第58-60页 |
| ·Teaching the Use of the Past Tense from a Cognitive Perspective | 第60-63页 |
| ·Teaching the Sequence of Tense from a Cognitive Perspective | 第63-66页 |
| ·Teaching the Use of Tense in Different Contexts | 第66-67页 |
| ·An Investigation | 第67-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Verb Test | 第72-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-88页 |
| 原创性声明 | 第88页 |
