| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Research | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Research | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Theories on Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of tolerance of ambiguity | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Ambiguous situations | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Measurement of tolerance of ambiguity | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Tolerance of Ambiguity in Psychological Domain | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Tolerance of Ambiguity in Second Language Acquisition | 第25-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Research on the correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and learningachievement | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Research on correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and learningstrategy | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.3 Research on the correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and languageability | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.4 Research on the correlation between tolerance of ambiguity andindividual characteristic | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.5 Research on the correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and gender 182.4 Summary | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第33-39页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Research Instruments | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire of tolerance of ambiguity | 第34页 |
| 3.3.2 Listening comprehension tests | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.3 Interview | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Research Procedure | 第36页 |
| 3.5 Data Analysis | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第39-59页 |
| 4.1 Description of Senior High School Students' Tolerance of ambiguity | 第39-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Descriptive statistics of tolerance of ambiguity in general | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Descriptive statistics of the highest mean score items | 第41-44页 |
| 4.1.3 Descriptive statistics of the lowest mean score items | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 Description of Senior High School Students' Listening Comprehension Scores | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Correlation between Tolerance of Ambiguity and Listening Comprehension | 第48-52页 |
| 4.4 Correlation between Tolerance of Ambiguity and Gender | 第52-55页 |
| 4.5 Interview Analysis | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-65页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第61-63页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-71页 |
| Appendices | 第71-79页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第79页 |
