| Acknowledgements | 第2-3页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第4页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Pragmatic Competence in Language Learning | 第11-16页 |
| 1．1 Communicative competence, the goal of foreign language teaching | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Pragmatic competence, an indispensable component of communicative competence | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Pragmatic Failure | 第16-30页 |
| 2．1 Pragmatics | 第16-17页 |
| 2．2 Context | 第17-19页 |
| 2．3 Pragmatic competence | 第19-25页 |
| 2．3．1 Illocutionary competence | 第19-23页 |
| 2．3．1．1 Speech acts and illocutionary meaning | 第19-21页 |
| 2．3．1．2 Language functions | 第21-23页 |
| 2．3．2 Sociolinguistic competence | 第23-25页 |
| 2．3．2．1 Sensitivity to differences in dialect or variety | 第23页 |
| 2．3．2．2 Sensitivity to differences in register | 第23-24页 |
| 2．3．2．3 Sensitivity to naturalness | 第24页 |
| 2．3．2．4 Ability to interpret cultural references and figures of speech | 第24-25页 |
| 2．4 Pragmatic fai1ure | 第25-30页 |
| 2．4．1 Pragmalinguistic failure | 第25-27页 |
| 2．4．2 Sociopragmatic failure | 第27-28页 |
| 2．4．3 Consequencer of pragmatic failure | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 The Questionnaire Investigation | 第30-36页 |
| 3．1 Purposes | 第30页 |
| 3．2 Approach | 第30-31页 |
| 3．3 Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| 3．4 Questionnaire | 第32页 |
| 3．5 Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| 3．6 Results | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 4 The Potential Pragmatic Failure of the Chinese Students of English | 第36-50页 |
| 4．1 The potential pragmalinguistic failure | 第36-39页 |
| 4．1．1 Failure to use correct utterances | 第36-37页 |
| 4．1．2 Failure to recognize the functions of linguistic forms | 第37-38页 |
| 4．1．3 Failure to interpret illocutionary force | 第38-39页 |
| 4．1．4 Failure to use polite expressions | 第39页 |
| 4．2 The potentia1 sociopragmatic failure | 第39-50页 |
| 4．2．1 English and Chinese va1ue systems | 第40-43页 |
| 4．2．1．1 Individualism versus Collectivism | 第40-41页 |
| 4．2．1．2 Self-reliance versus dependence | 第41页 |
| 4．2．1．3 Equality versus hierarchy | 第41页 |
| 4．2．1．4 Detachment versus involvement | 第41-42页 |
| 4．2．1．5 Expressiveness versus reserve | 第42页 |
| 4．2．1．6 English directness and Chinese indirectness | 第42-43页 |
| 4．2．2 English and Chinese Style of communication | 第43-50页 |
| 4．2．2．1 Addressing | 第43-45页 |
| 4．2．2．2 Greeting | 第45页 |
| 4．2．2．3 Topics | 第45-46页 |
| 4．2．2．4 Closing remarks | 第46-47页 |
| 4．2．2．5 Compliments | 第47-48页 |
| 4．2．2．6 Thanks | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Help Students to Develop Their Pragmatic Competence | 第50-66页 |
| 5．1 The necessity and possibility of fostering pragmatic competence | 第50-51页 |
| 5．2 How to develop Students'pragmatic competence | 第51-66页 |
| 5．2．1 How to develop Students'pragmalinguistic competence | 第52-57页 |
| 5．2．1．1 Integrate pragmalinguistic knowledge into discourse teaching | 第52-53页 |
| 5．2．1．2 Integrate pragmalinguistic know1edge into grammar teaching | 第53-55页 |
| 5．2．1．3 Integrate pragmalinguistic knowledge into vocabulary teaching | 第55-57页 |
| 5．2．2 How to develop Students' sociopragmatic competence | 第57-60页 |
| 5．2．2．1 Form correct belief | 第57-58页 |
| 5．2．2．2 Arouse students' cultural awareness | 第58页 |
| 5．2．2．3 Help students to understand the target culture | 第58-59页 |
| 5．2．2．4 Help Students to appreciate their native culture | 第59-60页 |
| 5．2．2．5 Help students to avoid cultural stereotypes | 第60页 |
| 5．2．3 Introduce pragmatic principles | 第60-61页 |
| 5．2．4 Pay attention to teaching techniques | 第61-62页 |
| 5．2．5 Have more extracurricular activities | 第62-63页 |
| 5．2．6 Assess students'pragmatic compstence | 第63-64页 |
| 5．2．7 Stress teacher's self-development | 第64页 |
| 5．2．8 Develop a cultural orieniaton course | 第64-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第71-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第78-79页 |
