| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension and the Teaching of English Listening | 第14-17页 |
| ·Nature of Listening Process | 第14-15页 |
| ·Factors Influencing Listening Comprehension | 第15页 |
| ·Problems in the Traditional Listening Teaching in China | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Objective of this Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·General Organization of this Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two A General Introduction to Schema Theory | 第20-28页 |
| ·History of the Notion of Schema | 第20-22页 |
| ·Categories of Schema | 第22-24页 |
| ·Linguistic Schemata | 第22-23页 |
| ·Formal Schemata | 第23页 |
| ·Content Schemata | 第23-24页 |
| ·Common Features of Schemata | 第24-25页 |
| ·Schema as a Hierarchically-constructed Knowledge Structure | 第24页 |
| ·Schema as an Abstract Knowledge Structure | 第24-25页 |
| ·Schema as an Active and Dynamic Constructive Process | 第25页 |
| ·Schemata Have Slots or Variables | 第25页 |
| ·Studies of Schema Theory in Recent Years | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Implication of Schema Theory in English Listening Teaching | 第28-41页 |
| ·Implications for Listening Discourse Construction from the Schematic Perspective | 第28-34页 |
| ·How to Select Appropriate Text | 第29-30页 |
| ·Provide Enough Information to Help Learners Activate the Schema | 第30-32页 |
| ·How to Design Appropriate Tasks | 第32页 |
| ·How to Set the Difficult Level of a Text | 第32-34页 |
| ·Implications for the English Language Classroom | 第34-36页 |
| ·Creating Reasons for Listening | 第34-35页 |
| ·Building Confidence in Listening to English | 第35-36页 |
| ·Principles of Teaching Listening Comprehension with Schemata | 第36-41页 |
| ·Learners Should Relate the New to the Known | 第36页 |
| ·Knowledge Can Be Transferred | 第36-37页 |
| ·Teachers Should Do Necessary Preparation Work | 第37-38页 |
| ·Different Kinds of Listening Should Be Adopted | 第38-39页 |
| ·Different Listening Materials Demand Different Listening Tasks | 第39页 |
| ·Listening Texts Should Be Relevant | 第39-40页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension Lessons Should Be Taught, Not Be Tested | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Schema Theory to the Teaching of English Listening | 第41-57页 |
| ·Application of Schema Theory in Different Types of Listening Materials | 第41-43页 |
| ·Application of Linguistic Schema in Warming-up Activities | 第41页 |
| ·Application of Formal Schema in Most Types of Listening Materials | 第41-42页 |
| ·Application of Content Schema in Argumentative Types of Listening Materials (News Report) | 第42-43页 |
| ·Familiar and Unfamiliar Schematic Content and Teaching of Listening | 第43-49页 |
| ·Making Predictions | 第44-46页 |
| ·Guessing New Words | 第46-47页 |
| ·Paraphrasing and Making Repetition | 第47-48页 |
| ·Providing Background Knowledge | 第48-49页 |
| ·Three Steps’Listening Activities with the Guideline of Schemata | 第49-55页 |
| ·Preliminary Work | 第49-50页 |
| ·Feasible Pre-listening Activities | 第50-53页 |
| ·While-listening Activities | 第53-54页 |
| ·Post-listening Activities | 第54-55页 |
| ·Listening to a Variety of Authentic Materials | 第55-57页 |
| ·Selecting Authentic Materials | 第55-56页 |
| ·How to Teach with the Authentic Materials | 第56页 |
| ·Selecting Realistic Materials | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Building Schema in English Listening Teaching | 第57-67页 |
| ·Building Linguistic Schema | 第57-64页 |
| ·Building Phonological Schema | 第57-61页 |
| ·The Significance of Building Phonological Schemata | 第57-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Building Phonological Schemata | 第59-61页 |
| ·Building Lexical Schema | 第61-64页 |
| ·Building Content Schema | 第64-65页 |
| ·Building Formal Schema | 第65-66页 |
| ·Building Strategy Schema | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter Six Experimental Studies | 第67-84页 |
| ·Framework of the Experiment | 第67-70页 |
| ·Objectives and Hypotheses | 第67页 |
| ·Subjects | 第67-68页 |
| ·Instruments | 第68页 |
| ·Treatment | 第68-69页 |
| ·Procedures | 第69-70页 |
| ·Teaching Practice, Data Collection and Analysis | 第70-78页 |
| ·Selection of Listening Materials | 第70页 |
| ·Pre-listening Activities | 第70-74页 |
| ·While-listening Activities | 第74-76页 |
| ·Post-listening Activities | 第76页 |
| ·Analysis of Students’Performance in the Pre-test and Post-test | 第76-78页 |
| ·Think-aloud Study | 第78-84页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第84-86页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-92页 |
| Appendix | 第92-108页 |
| Published Papers | 第108-109页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第109-114页 |
