| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| ·Krashen's input hypothesis | 第16-18页 |
| ·Foreigner talk | 第18-30页 |
| ·The definition of FT | 第18-19页 |
| ·Linguistic modification of FT | 第19-21页 |
| ·Interactional modification of FT | 第21-23页 |
| ·Input simplification and elaboration | 第23-25页 |
| ·The definition of simplification and elaboration | 第23-24页 |
| ·Problems with simplification | 第24-25页 |
| ·Syntactic modification on listening comprehension and memory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Measures of Syntactic Complexity | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Related Literature on Empirical Studies | 第30-36页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the effect of syntactic modification | 第30-33页 |
| ·Blau (1990) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Chiang and Dunkel (1992) | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cervantes, R and G. Gainer (1992) | 第32-33页 |
| ·Su Jing (2000) | 第33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four Research Hypotheses and Design | 第36-47页 |
| ·Research purposes and hypotheses | 第36-38页 |
| ·Methods | 第38-45页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38-40页 |
| ·Materials | 第40-43页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Listening comprehension test | 第43-44页 |
| ·A probe of topic familiarity | 第44页 |
| ·The reliability of the research test paper | 第44-45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45-46页 |
| ·Scoring method | 第46页 |
| ·data analysis | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussions | 第47-57页 |
| ·Results of the experiment | 第47-52页 |
| ·Results of the post-test questionnaire | 第47页 |
| ·Effects of syntactic modification on overall listening comprehension | 第47-49页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and question types | 第49-52页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and global questions | 第49-51页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and local questions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Discussions | 第52-57页 |
| ·The effect of syntactic modification on listening comprehension of EFL learners in China | 第52-54页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and question type in listening comprehension | 第54-57页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and global questions | 第54-55页 |
| ·Interaction of syntactic modification and local questions | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第57-61页 |
| ·Principal findings of the present study | 第57页 |
| ·Implications of syntactic modification for EFL listening teaching and learning | 第57-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendixes | 第65-88页 |
| Appendix 1 Pre-test paper and answers | 第65-70页 |
| Appendix 2 Research test paper, transcripts and answers | 第70-81页 |
| Appendix 3 Characteristics of three versions of passages | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix 4 Post-test questionnaire | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix 5 Pre-test scores | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix 6 Research test scores | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix 6.1 Scores of the control group 1 (the unmodified version) | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix 6.2 Scores of the experimental group 2 (the syntactically simplified version) | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix 6.3 Scores of the experimental group 3 (the syntactically elaborated version) | 第88页 |
