| Descriptive Chinese Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Methodology and Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第17-39页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension from the Perspective of Information-processing | 第17-25页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension from the Perspective of Schema Theory | 第25-32页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension from the Perspective of Relevance theory | 第32-39页 |
| 3 An Empirical Study on the Cognitive Process of Listening Comprehension in EFL setting | 第39-52页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework for the Present Study | 第39-40页 |
| ·A Hypothesized Listening Comprehension Model for Chinese English Learners | 第40-42页 |
| ·Research Design and Data Processing | 第42-52页 |
| 4 Experiment Results and Discussion | 第52-76页 |
| ·The Presentation of Experiment Results | 第52-64页 |
| ·Discussion: Explanation from the Perspective of ST and RT | 第64-76页 |
| 5 Pedagogical Implications | 第76-83页 |
| 6 Limitations of the Present Study and Directions for Further Research | 第83-86页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第83-84页 |
| ·Directions for Future Research | 第84-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-88页 |
| Notes | 第88-90页 |
| References | 第90-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-96页 |
| Appendix A: Testing Materials | 第96-103页 |
| Appendix B: Publication during the Program | 第103-104页 |
| Appendix C: Informative Chinese Abstract | 第104-109页 |
