| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and significance | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Outline of the thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-27页 |
| 2.1 Language and culture | 第11-13页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of language | 第11-12页 |
| 2.1.2 Definition of culture | 第12页 |
| 2.1.3 Relationship between language and culture | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Communicative Competence and Intercultural CommunicationCompetence | 第13-16页 |
| 2.2.1 Communication | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2.2 Communicative competence | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.3 Definition of intercultural communication competence | 第15-16页 |
| 2.3 Components of intercultural communication competence | 第16-18页 |
| 2.4 Related Studies on the intercultural communication competence | 第18-27页 |
| 2.4.1 Overview of research on the intercultural communication competence | 第18-23页 |
| 2.4.2 Differences in intercultural communication competence between malestudents and female students | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4.3 Differences in intercultural communication competence between highproficiency students and low proficiency students | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第27页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3.1 A socio-cultural test | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3.2 Language proficiency test | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.3 Semi-structured interview | 第30页 |
| 3.4 Data collection | 第30-31页 |
| 3.5 Data analysis | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第32-51页 |
| 4.1 Current situation of non-English major students’ ICC | 第32-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Differences in Students’ Non-verbal and Verbal CommunicationCompetence | 第35-39页 |
| 4.1.2 Differences in Students’ Small“c”Culture and Big“C”Culture | 第39-43页 |
| 4.2 Differences in intercultural communication competence between maleand female students | 第43-46页 |
| 4.3 Differences in intercultural communication competence between highproficiency level and low Proficiency level Students | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implications | 第51-58页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the present study | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications for English Teaching and Learning | 第52-55页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-64页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire | 第64-69页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第69-70页 |
| 在读期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第70页 |
