| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-23页 |
| ·Background of the present research | 第16-20页 |
| ·Challenges of ELT in the era of globalization | 第16-17页 |
| ·Status quo of ELT in China | 第17-20页 |
| ·Briefings on the present research | 第20-23页 |
| ·Research objectives, central theme and methodology | 第20页 |
| ·Organization and contents | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 2 ELT as Interfaced with Culture and Communication: A Critical Overview | 第23-52页 |
| ·The sociolinguistic/socio-cultural turn in ELT | 第23-34页 |
| ·Communicative approach to ELT | 第24-28页 |
| ·Critiques of the communicative approach to ELT | 第28-34页 |
| ·The native speaker complex | 第28-31页 |
| ·Rejection of L1 and C1 | 第31-32页 |
| ·Deprivation of local teacher/learner autonomy | 第32页 |
| ·Unrealistic view of ENGLISH | 第32-34页 |
| ·The intercultural turn in ELT | 第34-39页 |
| ·Spread of intercultural approach to ELT | 第34-38页 |
| ·Major concerns of the intercultural approach | 第38-39页 |
| ·ELT in China as interfaced with culture and communication | 第39-47页 |
| ·Impact of communicative language teaching | 第39-43页 |
| ·Impact of intercultural communication studies | 第43-47页 |
| ·Reflections on current intercultural approach to language teaching | 第47-50页 |
| ·Limitation in global application | 第47-48页 |
| ·Disproportion between language and culture | 第48页 |
| ·Misplacement of language teaching | 第48-49页 |
| ·Lack of systematicity and consistency | 第49-50页 |
| ·Negligence over the interaction between L1C1 and L2C2 | 第50页 |
| Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Groundings for the Present Research | 第52-92页 |
| ·Triunity of language, culture and communication | 第52-58页 |
| ·Language as culture, culture as language | 第54-57页 |
| ·Language as communication, communication as language | 第57-58页 |
| ·Communication as culture, culture as communication | 第58页 |
| ·Interaction between LC1 and LC2 in ELT | 第58-68页 |
| ·Impact of LC1 on LC2 | 第61-63页 |
| ·Impact of LC2 on LC1 | 第63-66页 |
| ·Intercultural dialogicality between LC1 & LC2 in ELT | 第66-68页 |
| ·Reorientation of ELT in the global and local contexts | 第68-90页 |
| ·English globalization and localization | 第69-77页 |
| ·Global spread of English | 第69-73页 |
| ·Defining English as an international language | 第73-77页 |
| ·Localization of English | 第77-84页 |
| ·China English and China English studies | 第78-81页 |
| ·Features of China English | 第81-84页 |
| ·Reorientation of ELT in China | 第84-90页 |
| ·The goal of ELT in China | 第84-86页 |
| ·Internationalization of ELT in China | 第86-87页 |
| ·Localization of ELT in China | 第87-90页 |
| Summary | 第90-92页 |
| Chapter 4 A Conceptual Framework for an Intercultural Communicative Approach to ELT in China | 第92-126页 |
| ·Interculturalizing ELT in China | 第92-97页 |
| ·External demand: The call of intercultural communication between China and the world | 第92-93页 |
| ·Internal demand: ELL/ELT as an intercultural process | 第93-97页 |
| ·Modeling Intercultural communication competence for ELT in China | 第97-111页 |
| ·Overview of ICC models by international scholars | 第97-101页 |
| ·Overview of ICC models by Chinese scholars | 第101-105页 |
| ·An integrated interactive model of ICC | 第105-111页 |
| ·Conceptualizing intercultural communication competence as against communicative competence | 第105-109页 |
| ·An interactive model of intercultural competence | 第109-111页 |
| ·Proposal for Intercultural Communicative Approach to ELT | 第111-124页 |
| ·Description of ICLT framework | 第112-113页 |
| ·Key concepts of the intercultural communicative framework | 第113-117页 |
| ·Features and strengths of ICLT as compared with CLT | 第117-124页 |
| ·Perceptual differences between ICLT and CLT | 第118-120页 |
| ·Other differences between ICLT and CLT | 第120-124页 |
| ·Relationships between ICLT and CLT | 第124页 |
| Summary | 第124-126页 |
| Chapter 5 General Principles in the Implementation of ICLT | 第126-159页 |
| ·Prerequisites for adopting ICLT | 第126-133页 |
| ·Ideological renovation | 第126-130页 |
| ·Teacher education | 第130-133页 |
| ·Importance and necessity of teacher education | 第130-132页 |
| ·Execution of teacher education | 第132-133页 |
| ·Principles in curriculum development | 第133-150页 |
| ·Defining curriculum and approaches to curriculum | 第133-137页 |
| ·Curriculum and its components | 第133-135页 |
| ·Approaches to curriculum | 第135-136页 |
| ·Intercultural communicative approach to curriculum | 第136-137页 |
| ·General principles of an ICLT curriculum | 第137-150页 |
| ·Fundamental principles for ICLT | 第137-139页 |
| ·Principle for setting goals and objectives | 第139-145页 |
| ·P rinciple for content options | 第145-146页 |
| ·Principles for method options | 第146-148页 |
| ·Principles for evaluation options | 第148-150页 |
| ·Current curriculums revisited | 第150-158页 |
| ·Critical examination of National Curriculum Guide for English Majors | 第150-154页 |
| ·Critical examination of National Curriculum Requirements for the Teaching of College English | 第154-158页 |
| Summary | 第158-159页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第159-166页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第159-161页 |
| ·Major contributions of the study | 第161-163页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第163-166页 |
| Bibliography | 第166-185页 |