| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Literature review of context | 第14-23页 |
| ·The foreign scholars’view on context | 第15-21页 |
| ·Malinowski’s view on context | 第15-16页 |
| ·Firth’s view on context | 第16-17页 |
| ·Hymes’s view on context | 第17-18页 |
| ·Lyons' view on context | 第18-19页 |
| ·Halliday’s view on context | 第19页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's view on cognitive context | 第19-21页 |
| ·Domestic scholars’view on context | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on job application letters | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第27-38页 |
| ·Definition of context | 第27-28页 |
| ·Classification of context | 第28-32页 |
| ·Different types of linguistic context | 第29-30页 |
| ·Different types of non-linguistic context | 第30-32页 |
| ·Features of job application letters | 第32-38页 |
| ·The contents of job application letter | 第33页 |
| ·The structure of job application letter | 第33-36页 |
| ·Format and outline of job application letter | 第36页 |
| ·Basic principles for application letter | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Results and Discussion of Research about English Job Application Letters Written by Chinese | 第38-53页 |
| ·Research questions | 第38页 |
| ·Data collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Procedure of data analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第40-53页 |
| ·The analysis of the opening part of the letter | 第40-43页 |
| ·The analysis of the body of the letter | 第43-50页 |
| ·The ending part of the letter | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Implications | 第53-58页 |
| ·Findings and implications on English job application writing | 第53-57页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第53-55页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第55-57页 |
| ·Limitation of the current research and suggestions for future research | 第57-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第60-71页 |
| References | 第71-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| Publications | 第75页 |
