| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Study on Culture Teaching | 第9-11页 |
| ·Teaching of RC in China | 第11-12页 |
| ·Domain of this Dissertation | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two The Present situation of RC | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Nature of Reading Comprehension | 第14-15页 |
| ·Present Methodology and Results | 第15-21页 |
| Chapter Three Communicative Competence | 第21-27页 |
| ·Chomsky's Definition of Competence | 第21-22页 |
| ·Hymes' Theory of Communicative Competence | 第22页 |
| ·Canale and Swain's Four Components of Communicative Competence | 第22-25页 |
| ·Grammatical Competence | 第23页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics Competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Discourse Competence | 第24-25页 |
| ·Strategic Competence | 第25页 |
| ·Application in Language Teaching | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Four Language Culture and Communication | 第27-35页 |
| ·On Defining Language | 第27-28页 |
| ·On Defining Culture | 第28-30页 |
| ·Culture in General | 第28-29页 |
| ·Culture in Language Teaching | 第29页 |
| ·The Dominant Culture | 第29-30页 |
| ·Relationship Between Language and Culture | 第30-32页 |
| ·Culture and Communication | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Five Culture is Learned | 第35-42页 |
| ·Culture Must be Learned | 第35-37页 |
| ·Interviews with Teachers and Students | 第37-39页 |
| ·Content of Culture Teaching | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Six Enhancing Cultural Creativity in RC | 第42-55页 |
| ·Notion of Cultural Creativity | 第42-43页 |
| ·Teacher's Role and Student's Autonomy | 第43-45页 |
| ·Learning by Doing | 第45-47页 |
| ·Suggestions on Culture Teaching Technique | 第47-51页 |
| ·Dealing with Culturally Loaded Words or Expressions | 第47-49页 |
| ·Create a Cultural Environment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Comparison Method | 第50-51页 |
| ·Cultural Activities outside Classroom | 第51-55页 |
| ·Speech Contest | 第52页 |
| ·Multi-media | 第52-53页 |
| ·Putting on Plays | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix (a typical case) | 第58-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-70页 |
