| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Overview | 第13页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-38页 |
| ·The clarification of some concepts | 第16-19页 |
| ·The concept of narrative | 第16-18页 |
| ·The concept of"story" | 第18-19页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第19-26页 |
| ·The definition of schema | 第19-21页 |
| ·The difierent types of schema | 第21-22页 |
| ·Narrative structure | 第22-24页 |
| ·The literary concept of narrative structure | 第22-23页 |
| ·The psycholinguistic concept of narrative structure | 第23-24页 |
| ·Definition of narrative structure in this study | 第24页 |
| ·Story structure | 第24-26页 |
| ·Some related empirical studies on narrative structure | 第26-37页 |
| ·Story grammar:A psycholinguistic approach | 第27-31页 |
| ·Labov's narrative model:A sociolinguistic approach | 第31-34页 |
| ·Studies on learners' narrative:A pedagogical perspective | 第34-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第38-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39页 |
| ·Materials | 第39页 |
| ·Procedures | 第39-40页 |
| ·Transcription | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data analyzing procedures | 第41-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第50-59页 |
| ·The macrostrructure of L2 learners' oral description of pictures | 第50页 |
| ·Micro-analysis of a sample case:An illustration | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Structure map generated from the learners' oral production | 第52-55页 |
| ·The internal structure of Identification | 第52-53页 |
| ·The internal structure of Illustration | 第53-54页 |
| ·The structural realization of Evaluation | 第54-55页 |
| ·Comparisons of the narrative structures across different learning stages | 第55-58页 |
| ·Comparisons of the macrostructures across the two learning stages | 第55-56页 |
| ·Comparisons of the microstructure across the two learning stages | 第56-58页 |
| ·Comparisons of the internal structures of Identification | 第56页 |
| ·Comparisons of the internal structures of Illustration | 第56-57页 |
| ·Comparisons of the internal structures of Evaluation | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-64页 |
| ·Major findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第60-61页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第62页 |
| ·Suggestions recommended for future study | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Transcripts of Sample Cases | 第66-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Pictures used in this study | 第87-88页 |
