| Introduction | 第1-9页 |
| Chapter One The Concept of Empathy | 第9-18页 |
| ·Empathy as an Interpersonal Phenomenon | 第9-13页 |
| ·Lingua-pragmatic Empathy | 第13-18页 |
| ·Kuno’s Theory of Empathy | 第13-15页 |
| ·Empathy and Verbal Communication | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Effective Intercultural Communication | 第18-40页 |
| ·The Importance of Learning Foreign Languages | 第18-21页 |
| ·Important Roles of Language | 第18-19页 |
| ·Culture as the Final Goal | 第19-21页 |
| ·Communicative Competence in Language Learning | 第21-26页 |
| ·Hymes’Theory on Communicative Competence | 第21-23页 |
| ·Other Theories on Communicative Competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Relationship between Empathy and Communicative Competence | 第24-26页 |
| ·Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第26-36页 |
| ·Definitions of Intercultural Competence | 第26-27页 |
| ·Requirements for Effective Intercultural Communication | 第27-32页 |
| ·Hindrances to Effective Intercultural Communication | 第32-36页 |
| ·Ways of Improving Communicative Competence | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three The Developing of Empathy | 第40-50页 |
| ·Hindrances to Empathy | 第41-43页 |
| ·Ways of Improving Empathy for Language Learners | 第43-50页 |
| ·Present Problems in Acquiring Communicative Competence | 第43-45页 |
| ·Knowing Oneself | 第45-47页 |
| ·Realizing the Differences between Cultures | 第47-48页 |
| ·Preparing for Empathy | 第48-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-56页 |
| Abstract | 第56-60页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第63-64页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第64页 |
