| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-36页 |
| 2.1 An introduction to multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Multimodality | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Multimodal discourse analysis | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.2.1 Definition and development of MDA | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2.2 Three schools of MDA | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 MDA from a social semiotic perspective | 第20-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) as a foundation of MDA | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.1.1 Language as social semiotic and meaning potential | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.1.2 Metafunction hypothesis | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Visual grammar:Application of SFL theory to MDA | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.2.1 Representational meaning | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2.2 Interactive meaning | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2.3 Compositional meaning | 第25页 |
| 2.3 A synthetic theoretical framework of MDA | 第25-29页 |
| 2.4 Review of related studies on MDA | 第29-32页 |
| 2.4.1 Foreign studies on MDA | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4.2 Domestic studies on MDA | 第30-32页 |
| 2.5 Previous studies on MDA of classroom teaching | 第32-34页 |
| 2.6 Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第36-45页 |
| 3.1 Research purpose and questions | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 Research materials | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 Research tool | 第38-40页 |
| 3.4 Data analysis | 第40-43页 |
| 3.5 Validity and reliability of cases | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Multimodal Analysis and Findings | 第45-69页 |
| 4.1 Ideational functions realized in the multimodal English classes | 第45-53页 |
| 4.1.1 Episode 1:Explaining the word "recoil" (from Teacher B's class) | 第45-48页 |
| 4.1.2 Episode 2:Explaining the math idea (from Teacher A's class) | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.3 Episode 3:Teaching the word "deflation" (from Teacher C's class) | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 The interpersonal functions realized in the multimodal English classes | 第53-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Episode 1:The lead-in part (from Teacher B's class) | 第54-57页 |
| 4.2.2 Episode 2:Helping out to give an answer (from Teacher C's class) | 第57-60页 |
| 4.2.3 Episode 3:A brainstorming activity (from Teacher A's Class) | 第60-63页 |
| 4.3 The textual function realized in the multimodal English classes | 第63-69页 |
| 4.3.1 Analysis at the macro-level | 第64-66页 |
| 4.3.2 Analysis at the micro-level | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第69-70页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第70-71页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78页 |
