| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 General Description of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Necessity of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| 1.5 Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第15-33页 |
| 2.1 Culture, Language and Intercultural Communication | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions and Classifications of Culture | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Relationship between Culture and Language | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Culture and Intercultural Communication | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Theories on Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第18-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.2 The Components of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 Theories of Adult Education | 第23-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Essential Viewpoints of Adult Learning | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3.2 Approaches to Adult Teaching | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.3 The Comparison of Chinese and Western Adult Teaching Methods | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4 Related Views on Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence for Adult English Learners | 第29-33页 |
| 2.4.1 Definition and Characteristics of Adult English Learners | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4.2 Significance of Intercultural Communicative Teaching for Adult English Learners | 第31-33页 |
| 3 Methodology | 第33-38页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Subject | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Cultural Test | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Questionnaire | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.3 Interview | 第36页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection and Analysis | 第36-38页 |
| 4 Findings and Discussions | 第38-52页 |
| 4.1 Results and Discussion of Cultural Test | 第38-43页 |
| 4.2 Results and Discussion of Questionnaire | 第43-47页 |
| 4.3 Results and Discussion of Interview | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4 Suggestions on Improving Students' Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第48-52页 |
| 4.4.1 Integrating Culture Teaching into Adult Learners' English Education | 第48-49页 |
| 4.4.2 Suggestions on Improving Adult Teachers' Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第49-50页 |
| 4.4.3 Suggestions on Developing Adult Learners' Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第50-52页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Study | 第53页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the Study | 第53-54页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Further Studies | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix A | 第57-60页 |
| Appendix B | 第60-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
