| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Practical Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| ·Scope and Objectives of the Paper | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-23页 |
| ·Notion of Gender Discrimination | 第17-18页 |
| ·Manifestation of Gender Discrimination in English | 第18-19页 |
| ·Manifestation of Gender Discrimination in Chinese | 第19-20页 |
| ·Gender discrimination in Texts of Textbooks | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary of the Literature | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第23-28页 |
| ·Research Approaches | 第23-26页 |
| ·Content Analysis | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussions | 第28-41页 |
| ·Analysis of the Role of Characters in the Textbooks | 第28-32页 |
| ·Findings in Number of Female and Male Characters | 第28-29页 |
| ·Comparison in Occupations of Female and Male Characters | 第29-31页 |
| ·Comparison in Number of Female and Male Characters in Illustrations | 第31-32页 |
| ·Findings in the Descriptions of Characters in the Textbooks | 第32-35页 |
| ·Descriptions of Characters in NSR Textbooks | 第32-33页 |
| ·Descriptions of Characters in BEC Textbooks | 第33-34页 |
| ·Discussions about Descriptions in NSR and BEC Textbooks | 第34-35页 |
| ·Findings in the Conversations between Female and MaleCharacters in Textbooks | 第35页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis of Conversations in NSR Textbooks | 第35-41页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis of Conversations in BEC Textbooks | 第37-40页 |
| ·Discussions about Results of Conversation Analysis in NSR and BEC Textbooks | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Five Negative Impacts of Gender Discrimination in the Textbooks on Learners and Suggestions on Changes | 第41-46页 |
| ·Strengthening Students’Stereotypes of Gender Discrimination | 第41-42页 |
| ·Deviation from Reality | 第42-43页 |
| ·Methods to Reduce Gender Discrimination in Textbooks | 第43-46页 |
| ·Increasing the Number of Female Characters | 第43页 |
| ·Diversifying Kinds of Jobs that Female Characters Do | 第43-44页 |
| ·Making Female Personality Traits More Abundant | 第44-45页 |
| ·Eliminating Discrimination against Women in People’s Minds | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| ·Summary of the Research | 第46-47页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第47-48页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第48-49页 |
| References | 第49-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51页 |
