| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research significance and purpose | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Thesis structure | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第18-33页 |
| 2.1 Definition of out-of-class communication | 第18页 |
| 2.2 Studies of out-of-class communication at home and abroad | 第18-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies of out-of-class communication abroad | 第18-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies of out-of-class communication at home | 第25-29页 |
| 2.3 Chinese and Australian cultures in educational contexts | 第29-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Teachers' roles | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.2 Teacher-student relationship | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3.3 Teacher-student communication | 第31页 |
| 2.4 Teacher immediacy | 第31-33页 |
| 3. Research Design | 第33-37页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Research participants | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Research instruments | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Interview | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Research procedures | 第36-37页 |
| 4. Results and Discussion | 第37-54页 |
| 4.1 Contrastive analysis of out-of-class communication in China and Australia | 第37-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Frequency, content and form of out-of-class communication | 第37-44页 |
| 4.1.2 Supervisors and graduates' initiatives and graduates' satisfaction towardsout-of-class communication | 第44-49页 |
| 4.1.3 The relationship of out-of-class communication with supervisorimmediacy | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2 Implications | 第51-54页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第54-56页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the study and suggestions | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第67-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第72页 |
