| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The purpose and significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15页 |
| ·Language and culture | 第15-18页 |
| ·The nature of language | 第15-16页 |
| ·The definition and characteristics of culture | 第16-17页 |
| ·The relationship between language and culture | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cultural awareness and cross-cultural communication | 第18-20页 |
| ·Cultural awareness | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cross-cultural communication and communicative competence | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Cultural Awareness Cultivation in the New English CurriculumStandard | 第23-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Objectives of cultural awareness in the new English curriculum standard | 第24-26页 |
| ·Cultural contents in senior high school textbook | 第26-29页 |
| ·Cultural knowledge examined in NMET | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cultural knowledge examined in the part of grammar and vocabulary | 第29-30页 |
| ·Cultural knowledge examined in the part of reading comprehension | 第30页 |
| ·Cultural knowledge examined in the part of writing | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 An Investigation into Cultural Awareness and Cross-culturalCommunication Competence of Chinese Senior High School Student | 第33-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Objectives of the investigation | 第33页 |
| ·Participants | 第33-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34页 |
| ·Procedures of the investigation | 第34-39页 |
| ·The test | 第35-37页 |
| ·The questionnaire and cross-cultural communicative competence test | 第37-38页 |
| ·Achievement test | 第38-39页 |
| ·The interview with teachers | 第39页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第39-43页 |
| ·Results of the investigation | 第43-44页 |
| ·The students' cultural awareness and cultural knowledge | 第43页 |
| ·The teachers' attitude towards cultural awareness cultivation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Reasons causing the current situation of the students' cultural awareness and cross-cultural communicative competence | 第44-47页 |
| ·The pressure from college entrance examination | 第44-46页 |
| ·The effect from traditional syllabus | 第46-47页 |
| ·Negative transfer from the first language | 第47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications of the Investigation for English Language Teaching inChina | 第49-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Suggestions for cultivation of students' cultural awareness and cross-cultural communicative competence | 第49-54页 |
| ·Establishing correct concept of teaching | 第49-51页 |
| ·Improving teaching methods | 第51-53页 |
| ·Cultivating the students' ability of cultural understanding | 第53页 |
| ·Developing the students' cross-cultural communicative competence | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Writing test | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Cultural awareness questionnaire | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Data of the questionnaire | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Cross-cultural communicative competence test | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Students' scores of the culture test and achievement test | 第71-73页 |
| Paper Published During 2010-2012 | 第73页 |
