| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第15-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic competence | 第15-16页 |
| ·The speech act of apology | 第16页 |
| ·English native speakers' realization patterns of apology | 第16-21页 |
| ·The factors affecting the choice of apology realization patterns | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Review of the literature | 第24-31页 |
| ·Investigating the speech act of apology from the cross-cultural, intralanguage and interlanguage perspectives | 第24-29页 |
| ·The defect of the study of the speech act of apololgy | 第29页 |
| ·Studies of interlanguage pragmatic competence in China | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 The Investigation | 第31-49页 |
| ·Participants | 第31-32页 |
| ·The study of the participants' pragmatic awareness | 第32-34页 |
| ·Instrument | 第34-37页 |
| ·Data collection | 第37页 |
| ·Analysis | 第37-38页 |
| ·Results | 第38-49页 |
| ·Participants' pragmalinguistic competence | 第38-45页 |
| ·Participants' sociopragmatic competence | 第45-48页 |
| ·The relationship between pragmatic awareness and pragmatic competence | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications | 第49-55页 |
| ·A model for teaching pragmatic competence in the classroom | 第49-50页 |
| ·Introducing the model | 第50-55页 |
| ·Phase 1 Analyzing the speech act under study by the teacher | 第50-51页 |
| ·Phase 2 Raising pragmatic consciousness of the speech act and developing receptive skills | 第51-53页 |
| ·Phase 3 Developing productive skills by controlled, teacher-guided practice | 第53-54页 |
| ·Phase 4 Employing the speech act within simulated settings | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: A questionnaire on pragmatic awareness and grammatical awareness | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: A questionnaire on the speech act of apology | 第66-68页 |
