| Acknowledgenents | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| A List of Figures and Tables | 第8-9页 |
| Abbrivations used in this thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16页 |
| ·Definitions of the Indirect Speech Act and Indirect Request | 第16-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background | 第21-41页 |
| ·Communicative Competence and Pragmatic Competence | 第21-22页 |
| ·Indirectness of Language | 第22-24页 |
| ·Communicative Value of Indirect Request | 第24-25页 |
| ·Language Interpretation and Production | 第25-31页 |
| ·Appropricacy and Tact | 第25-26页 |
| ·Form and Function | 第26-27页 |
| ·Context and Pragmatic Interpretation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Linguistic Context and Pragmatic Interpretation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Non-linguistic Context and Pragmatic Interpretation | 第28页 |
| ·Social Culture Factors and Pragmatic Interpretation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Definition | 第29-30页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmalinguistic Failure | 第30-31页 |
| ·Classification of Sociopragmatic Failure | 第31页 |
| ·Interlanguage Pragmatics | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Definition | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Domains of Interlanguage Pragmatics | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pragmatic Awareness and Interlanguage Pragmatics | 第33-34页 |
| ·Teaching of Pragmatics | 第34-38页 |
| ·Why Teach Pragmatics in Classroom | 第35-37页 |
| ·What are the Goals of Pragmatics Teaching | 第37-38页 |
| ·How can Pragmatics Be Taught | 第38页 |
| ·Current Research and Studies of Interlanguage Requests | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Methodology | 第41-52页 |
| ·Subjects and Site Selection | 第41-42页 |
| ·Procedure of the Study | 第42-43页 |
| ·Duration of the Research | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第44-46页 |
| ·Instruments in Pilot Stage | 第44-46页 |
| ·Questionnaire Survey | 第44-45页 |
| ·Interviews | 第45-46页 |
| ·Investigation of the Textbooks | 第46页 |
| ·Experimental Study | 第46-52页 |
| ·Teaching Materials | 第46-47页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第47-52页 |
| ·Test Papers | 第47-48页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第47页 |
| ·Post-test | 第47-48页 |
| ·Interviews | 第48-49页 |
| ·Main Experiment | 第49-52页 |
| ·Student Attendance | 第49页 |
| ·Some Modifications in Teaching Materials, Teaching Method and Time Arrangement | 第49页 |
| ·Determining the Variables Related to the Experiment | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Treatment of the Experiment | 第50页 |
| ·The Arrangement of the Training | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第52-71页 |
| ·Data Collection and Data Analysis | 第52页 |
| ·The Results of the Pilot Study | 第52-56页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaire Survey | 第52-53页 |
| ·Results from the Interviews | 第53-55页 |
| ·Subjects' Opinion on the Textbooks | 第53-54页 |
| ·Students' Knowledge about Indirect Requests and Indirect Speech Acts | 第54-55页 |
| ·Result from the Investigation of Textbooks | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussion of the Pilot Study | 第56页 |
| ·The Arrangement of the Training | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Implementation of Specific Training | 第58-62页 |
| ·The Implementation of the Training | 第58-61页 |
| ·The Implementation of the Role-play | 第61-62页 |
| ·Results of the Main Experiment | 第62-68页 |
| ·The results Of the Pre-test | 第62-63页 |
| ·Results of the Post-test | 第63-64页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Two Classes Result before and after the Experiment | 第64页 |
| ·Comparison of Students' Percentage of Pragmatic Failure | 第64-66页 |
| ·Subjects' Reaction to Pragmatic Training and Role-play | 第66-68页 |
| ·Discussion of the Main Experiment | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第71-81页 |
| ·Main Findings of the Research | 第71-77页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question One | 第71-73页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question Two | 第73-74页 |
| ·Answers to the Research Question Three | 第74-77页 |
| ·Implications | 第77-79页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix 2 Pre-test | 第83-86页 |
| Appendix 3 Post-test | 第86-89页 |
| Appendix 4 Role-play Situation | 第89-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-99页 |
