| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 The Communicative Approach in Teaching and Testing | 第9-25页 |
| ·The Communicative Language Teaching | 第9-17页 |
| ·The Historical Origins and Theoretical Base of Communicative Language Teaching | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Principles Underlying the Communicative Approach | 第12-13页 |
| ·Many Manifestations of the Communicative Approach in Teaching | 第13-17页 |
| ·Communicative Language Testing | 第17-23页 |
| ·Communicative Language Ability as the Theoretical Framework | 第18-20页 |
| ·Defining Authenticity of Communicative Language Testing | 第20-21页 |
| ·Characteristics of Communicative Language Tests | 第21-23页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter 1 | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Listening Comprehension | 第25-33页 |
| ·The Nature of Listening Comprehension | 第25-29页 |
| ·Classifications of Listening | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Process of Listening Comprehension | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Importance of Listening Comprehension | 第29-31页 |
| ·Teaching Listening in a Communicative Way | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter 2 | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Basic Issues in Designing a Communicative Listening Test | 第33-44页 |
| ·Defining Construct | 第33-34页 |
| ·Test Materials | 第34-36页 |
| ·Authenticity of Texts | 第34-35页 |
| ·Interactiveness of Tasks | 第35-36页 |
| ·Test Format | 第36-39页 |
| ·Information Transfer | 第37-38页 |
| ·Short Answer Questions | 第38页 |
| ·True / False | 第38-39页 |
| ·Listening Recall | 第39页 |
| ·Note-taking | 第39页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity Considerations | 第39-42页 |
| ·Reliability | 第40页 |
| ·Validity | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Relationship between Reliability and Validity | 第42页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter 3 | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 A Tentative Communicative Listening Comprehension Test | 第44-56页 |
| ·The Framework of Test Design | 第44-48页 |
| ·Test Conditions | 第45页 |
| ·Test Specifications | 第45-48页 |
| ·Development | 第48-52页 |
| ·Proper Source Materials | 第48-49页 |
| ·Test Communicative Functions | 第49页 |
| ·Test Listening Comprehension Only | 第49-50页 |
| ·Test Writing Process | 第50页 |
| ·Description of the Tasks and the Test Types | 第50-52页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第52-55页 |
| ·Reliability Validation | 第53页 |
| ·Validity Validation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter 4 | 第55-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix 1 Test of Listening Comprehension in English for Upper-intermediate Level of Chinese College Students | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix 2 Tape Script of the Sample Listening Test | 第62-68页 |
| Appendix 3 Listening Subtest of IELTS | 第68-76页 |
| Appendix 4 Classification of Listener Ability | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-80页 |
