| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-16页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication as a Feature of Modern Times | 第11-12页 |
| ·Multinationals in the Intercultural Interactions | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Necessity of Intercultural Training in Multinationals | 第14-15页 |
| ·English as a Working Language in Multinationals | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-39页 |
| ·Understanding Communicative Competence | 第18-25页 |
| ·Hymes’Theory of Communicative Competence | 第18-19页 |
| ·Canale and Swain’s Model of Communicative Competence | 第19-20页 |
| ·Bachman’s Model of Communicative Language Ability | 第20-22页 |
| ·Van Ek’s Model of Communicative Ability | 第22-24页 |
| ·Wen Qiufang’s Framework of Cross-cultural Communicative Competence Model | 第24-25页 |
| ·Understanding Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) | 第25-32页 |
| ·The Concept of ICC | 第25-27页 |
| ·Components of ICC | 第27-28页 |
| ·Frameworks of Intercultural Communication Competence in Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) | 第28-32页 |
| ·Intercultural approach to FLT | 第32-35页 |
| ·Defining Intercultural Approach to FLT | 第32-33页 |
| ·Goals for Intercultural approach to FLT | 第33-35页 |
| ·Methods for intercultural approach to FLT | 第35-39页 |
| ·Group Discussion | 第36页 |
| ·Role playing | 第36-37页 |
| ·Case studies | 第37-38页 |
| ·Critical incidents | 第38页 |
| ·Simulations | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design and Model Development | 第39-60页 |
| ·Integrating the research | 第39-45页 |
| ·Critiques of previous competence theories and models | 第39-42页 |
| ·Developing a new model for intercultural approach to FLT | 第42页 |
| ·Proposing a new model for intercultural approach to FLT | 第42-45页 |
| ·Considering the Case: VOITH Paper | 第45-47页 |
| ·Apply the Model: a 12-unit-course syllabus | 第47-60页 |
| ·Rationale for the course syllabus | 第47-51页 |
| ·An Overview of the syllabus | 第51-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Putting Syllabus into Practice: a Sample Teaching Plan | 第60-68页 |
| ·Session 1: Meeting for the First Time (2 Hours) | 第60-64页 |
| ·Session 2: Meeting for the First Time in an Intercultural Context (2 Hours) | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| ·Summary of the thesis | 第68页 |
| ·implications and limitations of the thesis | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76-80页 |
