| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 中文前言 | 第5-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter One An Overview of Speech Act Theory | 第17-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·The Origin of Speech Act Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Early Development of the Theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Performative-Constative Dichotomy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Collapse of the Dichotomy | 第19-20页 |
| ·Austin's Classification of Speech Acts | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Development of Speech Act Theory | 第21-27页 |
| ·Searle's Classification of Illocutionary Acts | 第21-22页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts | 第22-27页 |
| ·Conventional Indirect Speech Acts | 第23-24页 |
| ·Non-conventional Indirect Speech Acts | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Implications of Speech Act Theory for Foreign Language Teaching | 第27-35页 |
| ·Natures of language and Foreign Language Learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Dual Nature of Language | 第27页 |
| ·The Nature of Foreign Language Learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Limitations of the Competence Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation for Communicative Language Teaching Approach | 第30-35页 |
| ·Contextual Awareness Development | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cultural Awareness Development | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence Development | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Conventional Theoretical Perspectives on Nature of Reading and Present Learning and Teaching Situation of Reading | 第35-45页 |
| ·Conventional Theoretical Perspectives on Nature of Reading | 第35-41页 |
| ·Bottom-up Model | 第35-37页 |
| ·Top-down Model | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interactive Model | 第38-41页 |
| ·Present Learning and Teaching Situation of Reading | 第41-45页 |
| ·Learning Factors | 第41-43页 |
| ·Teaching Factors | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of Speech Act Theory | 第45-61页 |
| ·Communicative Perspective on Reading | 第45-46页 |
| ·Methodological Principle for the Teaching of Reading | 第46-54页 |
| ·Cultural Background Knowledge: the Prerequisite of Comprehension | 第46-48页 |
| ·Discourse Structure Analysis: the Key of Comprehension | 第48-53页 |
| ·Inferences: the Core of Comprehension | 第53-54页 |
| ·Suggested Teaching Mode for Reading | 第54-57页 |
| ·Intensive Reading | 第54-57页 |
| ·Extensive Reading | 第57页 |
| ·Approaches to the Teaching of Reading | 第57-61页 |
| ·Questions-Answer Approach | 第57-59页 |
| ·Guidance to Understand Unknown words and Read between the Lines | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
