| 摘要 | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Need and Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two A literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·Understanding Communication | 第16-19页 |
| ·Defining Communication | 第16-17页 |
| ·Understanding Context | 第17-18页 |
| ·High-context and Low-context Communication | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Relationship between Communication and Culture | 第19-23页 |
| ·Understanding Communication Styles in Different Cultures | 第20-21页 |
| ·Understanding High-context and Low-context Cultures | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three The Divergences in Communication Styles between American Low-context Culture and Chinese High-context Culture | 第23-52页 |
| ·Different Understandings of Communication | 第23-25页 |
| ·The American Understanding of Communication | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Chinese Understanding of Communication | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Divergences in Communication Styles in the Use of Context | 第25-41页 |
| ·Directness vs. Indirectness | 第25-29页 |
| ·Directness in American Communication | 第25-26页 |
| ·Indirectness in Chinese Communication | 第26-29页 |
| ·Explicitness vs. Implicitness | 第29-32页 |
| ·Explicitness in American Communication | 第29-31页 |
| ·Implicitness in Chinese Communication | 第31-32页 |
| ·Individual Initiative vs. Collective Initiative | 第32-37页 |
| ·Individual Initiative in American Communication | 第32-34页 |
| ·Collective Initiative in Chinese Communication | 第34-37页 |
| ·Informality vs. Formality | 第37-41页 |
| ·Informality in American Communication | 第37-39页 |
| ·Formality in Chinese Communication | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Influencing Factors on the Development of the Two Contextual Cultures | 第41-47页 |
| ·The Social and Historical Factors | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Immigration and a Longtime Industrial Development in American Society | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Agrarian Lifestyle and a Longtime Control of Feudalism in Chinese Society | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Religious and Philosophical Factors | 第44-47页 |
| ·Christianity and the Ancient Greek Philosophy in American Society | 第44-45页 |
| ·Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in Chinese Society | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Influence of Internal Cognitive Processes | 第47-52页 |
| ·The Field-independent Cognitive Process of Americans | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Field-dependent Cognitive Process of Chinese | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Case Studies on Miscommunication in the Use of Context in Sino-U.S. Intercultural Communication | 第52-64页 |
| ·In Terms of Directness, Explicitness, Indirectness and Implicitness | 第52-59页 |
| ·In Help-offering Situations | 第52-53页 |
| ·In Dealing with Disagreements | 第53-56页 |
| ·In Requesting Situations | 第56-58页 |
| ·In Silent Situations | 第58-59页 |
| ·In Terms of Collective Initiative and Individual Initiative | 第59-61页 |
| ·In Terms of Informality and Formality | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five The Enlightenment on the Intercultural Communication Teaching in China | 第64-81页 |
| ·The Significance of the Awareness of the Divergences between Chinese High-context Culture and American Low-context Culture | 第64-71页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) | 第64-65页 |
| ·What Should Be Included in Instruction for the Improvement of ICC | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Significance of Understanding Contextual Differences in the Improvement of ICC | 第66-68页 |
| ·The Current Condition of English Major Students’Awareness of the Differences between High-context and Low-context Cultures | 第68-71页 |
| ·Use of Videos as a Teaching Technique to Raise Students’ Awareness of the Contextual divergences | 第71-81页 |
| ·Advantages of Using Videos as a Technique to Raise Students’Awareness of the Contextual Divergences | 第72-73页 |
| ·General Principles of Using Videos as a Cultural Teaching Technique | 第73-75页 |
| ·Samples of Using Videos as a Technique to Raise Students’Awareness of the Contextual Divergences | 第75-81页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·The Conclusion of the Study | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix II | 第90-93页 |
| Published Papers | 第93-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
