| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One A Theoretical Discussion of Context Theory and Its Classification | 第12-30页 |
| ·Functional Linguistics and Context | 第12-16页 |
| ·Malinowski's Theory of Context | 第12-13页 |
| ·Firth's Theory of Context | 第13-15页 |
| ·Halliday's Theory of Context | 第15-16页 |
| ·Semantics and Context | 第16-18页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics and Context | 第18-21页 |
| ·Fithman's Domain Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Hymes' SPEAKING Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Pragmatics and Context | 第21-23页 |
| ·Levinson's Concept of Context | 第21-22页 |
| ·Sperber &Wilson's Cognitive Context | 第22-23页 |
| ·Modern Rhetoric and Context | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Classification of Context | 第25-29页 |
| ·Linguistic Context | 第25-27页 |
| ·Lexical Context | 第26页 |
| ·Syntactic Context | 第26-27页 |
| ·Textual Context | 第27页 |
| ·Non-linguistic Context | 第27-29页 |
| ·Syntactic Context | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cultural Context | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two A Theoretical Discussion of Context, Language, and Foreign Language Teaching and the Research in the Area | 第30-43页 |
| ·The Relationship between Context and Language | 第30-39页 |
| ·The Restrictive Function of Context on Language | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Restrictive Function of Linguistic Context | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Restrictive Function of Non-linguistic Context | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Interpretive Function of Context on Language | 第34-39页 |
| ·The Interpretive Function of Linguistic Context | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Interpretive Function of Non-linguistic Context | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Relationship between Context and Foreign Language Teaching | 第39-41页 |
| ·Research in the Study of Context and Foreign Language Teaching in both West and China | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Three A Survey Study over the Application of Context Theory in Chinese Foreign Langnage Classes | 第43-67页 |
| ·Methodology | 第43-46页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Design of the Questionnaires, the Items on the Questionnaires and the Research Questions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Procedure | 第45-46页 |
| ·Reliability | 第46页 |
| ·Limitations | 第46页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第46-67页 |
| ·Results | 第46-56页 |
| ·The Results of the Secondary School Informant Survey | 第46-51页 |
| ·The Results of the University Informant Survey | 第51-56页 |
| ·Discussion | 第56-67页 |
| ·The Discussion of the Results of the Secondary School Informant Survey | 第56-61页 |
| ·The Discussion of the Results of the University Informant Survey | 第61-67页 |
| Chapter Four An Application of Context Theory to Foreign Language Classes | 第67-84页 |
| ·The Application of Context Theory to Vocabulary Teaching | 第67-74页 |
| ·The Application of Linguistic Context | 第67-70页 |
| ·The Application of Lexical Context | 第68页 |
| ·The Application of Syntactic Context | 第68-69页 |
| ·The Application of Textual Context | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Application of Non-Linguistic Context | 第70-74页 |
| ·Teaching Vocabulary within Situational Context | 第70-72页 |
| ·Teaching Vocabulary within Cultural Context | 第72-74页 |
| ·The Application of Context Theory to Grammar Teaching | 第74-78页 |
| ·Teaching Grammar within Non-Linguistic Context | 第74-78页 |
| ·Teaching Grammar within Situational Context | 第74-76页 |
| ·Teaching Grammar within Cultural Context | 第76-78页 |
| ·The Application of Context Theory to Reading Comprehension | 第78-84页 |
| ·Applying Linguistic Context to Reading | 第79-82页 |
| ·Inferring Meanings of New Words | 第79-81页 |
| ·Predicting the Content of Reading Material | 第81-82页 |
| ·Applying Non-Linguistic Context to Reading | 第82-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第87-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-92页 |
