| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·A survey of previous studies on pragmatic failure | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第17-19页 |
| ·Current situations of ELT in senior middle schools | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第23-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic competence | 第23-26页 |
| ·Chomsky’s definition of competence | 第23页 |
| ·Hymes’theory of communicative competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Canale and Swain’s four components of communicative competence. | 第24-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure | 第26-30页 |
| ·Definitions of pragmatic failure | 第26-27页 |
| ·Types of pragmatic failure | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第30-45页 |
| ·Research design | 第30-32页 |
| ·Purpose | 第30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Instrument | 第31页 |
| ·Procedures | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第32页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第32-44页 |
| ·Greeting | 第36-37页 |
| ·Leave-taking | 第37-38页 |
| ·Request and response | 第38页 |
| ·Compliment and response | 第38-40页 |
| ·Gratitude and response | 第40-41页 |
| ·Addressing | 第41-42页 |
| ·Offer and response | 第42-43页 |
| ·Apology and response | 第43页 |
| ·Topics | 第43-44页 |
| summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Potential Causes for Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第45-66页 |
| ·Sociocultural causes | 第45-57页 |
| ·Cultural differences between the West and the East | 第45-52页 |
| ·English and Chinese value systems | 第52-56页 |
| ·Thought patterns | 第56-57页 |
| ·Psychological causes | 第57-62页 |
| ·Inappropriate pragmalinguistic transference | 第57-59页 |
| ·Stereotyping | 第59-61页 |
| ·Fear & Anxiety | 第61-62页 |
| ·Classroom teaching causes | 第62-66页 |
| ·Improper teaching | 第62-64页 |
| ·Teaching material-induced | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Pedagogical Implications | 第66-90页 |
| ·The necessity and possibility of fostering pragmatic competence | 第66-67页 |
| ·Enhancing culture teaching | 第67-72页 |
| ·The cultivating of students’cultural awareness | 第69-70页 |
| ·Teaching culture in classroom | 第70-72页 |
| ·Applying pragmatic principles to ELT | 第72-76页 |
| ·Cooperative principle | 第73页 |
| ·Politeness principle | 第73-75页 |
| ·Introducing the CP and PP to ELT | 第75-76页 |
| ·Improving teaching method | 第76-90页 |
| ·Integrating teaching with context | 第76-78页 |
| ·providing authentic materials | 第78-83页 |
| ·Enhancing student-centered classroom in ELT | 第83-85页 |
| ·Designing more extracurricular activities | 第85-86页 |
| ·Reforming testing | 第86-87页 |
| ·Stressing teachers’self-development | 第87-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-92页 |
| Bibliography | 第92-98页 |
| Appendix | 第98-107页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第107-108页 |
