| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| ·Why English Listening Should Be Studied | 第15-17页 |
| ·The importance of English listening | 第15-16页 |
| ·Problems in learning and teaching of English listening in our country | 第16-17页 |
| ·Purpose of This Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第20-30页 |
| ·Definition of Phonetics | 第20页 |
| ·Definition of Terms on Basic Phonetic Knowledge | 第20-27页 |
| ·Strong and weak forms | 第20-22页 |
| ·Stress | 第22-23页 |
| ·Intonation patterns | 第23-25页 |
| ·Assimilation | 第25-27页 |
| ·Incomplete plosives | 第27页 |
| ·Roles of the Basic Phonetic Knowledge in English Listening Comprehension | 第27-30页 |
| ·Roles of phonetic knowledge in terms of specific features of spoken language | 第27-28页 |
| ·Roles of phonetic knowledge in terms of listening comprehension mechanism | 第28-29页 |
| ·Roles of phonetic knowledge in terms of listening strategies | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Review | 第30-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Investigations into the Science and Engineering Students' Mastery of the Basic Phonetic Knowledge and the Teachers' Phonetic Instructions in a Listening Class | 第36-47页 |
| ·Investigation into the Science and Engineering Students' Mastery of the Basic Phonetic Knowledge | 第36-42页 |
| ·Area for investigation | 第36页 |
| ·Research questions | 第36页 |
| ·Rationale | 第36-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37页 |
| ·Research method | 第37页 |
| ·Type of data | 第37页 |
| ·Results | 第37-41页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第41-42页 |
| ·An Investigation into the College English Teachers' Phonetic Instructions in a Listening Class | 第42-45页 |
| ·Area for research | 第42页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42页 |
| ·Rationale | 第42页 |
| ·Research subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research method | 第43页 |
| ·Type of data | 第43页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第43-45页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 5 A Hypothetical Study on the Effectiveness of the Instructions in Phonetic Knowledge to a Listening Class | 第47-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第47-49页 |
| ·Research area | 第47页 |
| ·Aim | 第47页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第47-48页 |
| ·Justification (Why the question is worth investigating) | 第48-49页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第49-52页 |
| ·Participants | 第49页 |
| ·Data collection | 第49-52页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第52页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Results and discussion of pre-test | 第52-54页 |
| ·Results and discussion of post-test | 第54-56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Insights into the Teaching of College English Listening | 第57-62页 |
| ·Summary of the Investigation and the Hypothetical Study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Some Insights into the Teaching of College English Listening | 第58-60页 |
| ·More emphasis on students' listening proficiency | 第58页 |
| ·More instructions in phonetic knowledge | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitation of This Study | 第60-61页 |
| ·What to Do Next | 第61-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-71页 |
| AppendixⅠ Questionnaire 1 | 第64-65页 |
| AppendixⅡ Questionnaire 2 | 第65-66页 |
| AppendixⅢ Pre-experiment Listening Test | 第66-69页 |
| AppendixⅣ Post-experiment Listening Test | 第69-71页 |
