| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research purpose and significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of this thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-32页 |
| ·Models of Willingness to communicate | 第15-24页 |
| ·Definition of Willingness to communicate in L1 | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definition of Willingness to communicate in L2 | 第16-17页 |
| ·Development of the models on WTC researches | 第17-24页 |
| ·Variables affecting WTC from the characteristic perspective | 第24-29页 |
| ·Self-perceived communicative competence | 第24-26页 |
| ·Desire for control | 第26-28页 |
| ·The relationship of SPCC and DC and WTC | 第28-29页 |
| ·The WTC Scale | 第29-30页 |
| ·Previous studies on WTC in L2 | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第32-35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedures of data collection | 第33页 |
| ·AtentativeframeworkofthePresentstudy | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Results of the Study | 第35-46页 |
| ·Results | 第35页 |
| ·Results of WTC in English | 第35-37页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of WTC in English | 第35-36页 |
| ·Comparisons of WTC in English of boys and girls | 第36-37页 |
| ·Results about the relationship of WTC with SPCC and DC | 第37-38页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of SPCC and DC | 第37页 |
| ·Results about the relationship of WTC and SPCC | 第37-38页 |
| ·Results about the relationship between WTC and DC | 第38页 |
| ·Results of multiple regression of SPCC and DC | 第38-40页 |
| ·Discussion | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第46页 |
| ·Implications | 第46-49页 |
| ·Possible suggestions for further study | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-58页 |