| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Table of Content | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Motivation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第15页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Communicative Language Competence and Communicative Language Testing | 第17-29页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of Communicative Competence | 第17-20页 |
| ·Hymes' communicative competence | 第17-18页 |
| ·Canal and Swain's model of communicative competence | 第18页 |
| ·Bachman's model of communicative competence | 第18-20页 |
| ·Brief Review of Studies on Language Testing | 第20-29页 |
| ·The historical development of language testing | 第20-25页 |
| ·Pre-scientific movement | 第20-21页 |
| ·Psychometric structuralist movement | 第21-22页 |
| ·Integrative- sociolinguistic movement | 第22-23页 |
| ·Communicative movement | 第23-25页 |
| ·Distinguished features of communicative testing | 第25-26页 |
| ·Principles and characteristics of communicative test designing | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of IELTS and Its Communicative Character | 第29-53页 |
| ·A Brief Overview of IELTS | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Specific Manifestation of Communicative Testing Theory on IELTS | 第30-38页 |
| ·Listening items requirements of communicative testing | 第30-32页 |
| ·Reading items requirements of communicative testing | 第32-35页 |
| ·Writing items requirements of communicative testing | 第35-36页 |
| ·Oral items requirements of communicative testing | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Fundamental Principles of IELTS are in Accordance with Those of Communicative Testing | 第38-49页 |
| ·Authenticity principle | 第38-41页 |
| ·Interactiveness principle | 第41-44页 |
| ·Integrity principle | 第44-46页 |
| ·Reliability of IELTS | 第46-47页 |
| ·Validity of IELTS | 第47-49页 |
| ·IELTS’s Marking Criterion is Based upon the Grade Mode of Communicative Testing | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Four The Status Quo of Communicative Competence Teaching and Testing System in China 41 | 第53-61页 |
| ·Communicative Language Teaching in China | 第53-55页 |
| ·Current Teaching Methods Mainly Used in Chinese English Teaching | 第55-57页 |
| ·Grammar translation method | 第55-56页 |
| ·Audio-lingual method | 第56-57页 |
| ·Current Testing Situation of English learners in China | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter Five Backwash effects and Illuminations of IELTS to the Communicative Competence Teaching and Domestic Testing system | 第61-77页 |
| ·Backwash Effect of Test on Teaching | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Positive Backwash Effect of IELTS in English Teaching Field | 第62-72页 |
| ·Increase the proportion of authentic drilling materials in language inputting | 第63-68页 |
| ·Changing roles of teachers in communicative competency training | 第68-69页 |
| ·Cultivate students' discourse awareness by conducting discourse-based teaching method | 第69-72页 |
| ·Illuminations of IELTS on Domestic Testing System | 第72-77页 |
| ·Establishing English testing model with four independent parts | 第72-73页 |
| ·Questions Items design in English testing | 第73-74页 |
| ·Constructing a scientific descriptive scoring report for test-takers language competence | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| ·Summary of Findings and Implications | 第77-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第79-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-84页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第84-85页 |
