| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Focus of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of this Paper | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·An Introduction to OPI | 第15-19页 |
| ·Definition of OPI | 第15-16页 |
| ·Procedures of OPI | 第16-17页 |
| ·Advantages and Disadvantages of OPI | 第17-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Coherence | 第19-23页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan's Cohesion Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Van Dijk's Classification of Coherence in Discource Analysis | 第21-23页 |
| ·Coherence and OPI | 第23-27页 |
| ·Coherence and Translation | 第23-25页 |
| ·Realization of Coherence in OPI | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three A Model for Coherence Assessment in OPI | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology of Empirical Study | 第32-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第32页 |
| ·Methodology | 第32-37页 |
| ·Materials | 第32-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33页 |
| ·Procedures | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第37-50页 |
| ·Semantic Incoherence | 第37-41页 |
| ·Problems with Comprehensibility of the Interpretation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Problems with Fidelity of the Interpretation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Syntactic Incoherence | 第41-44页 |
| ·Improper Use of Cohesive Devices | 第41-43页 |
| ·Frequently Committed Grammatical Mistakes | 第43-44页 |
| ·Stylistic Incoherence | 第44-46页 |
| ·Incoherence with the Source Language | 第45-46页 |
| ·Incoherence with the Context | 第46页 |
| ·Pragmatic Incoherence | 第46-49页 |
| ·Problems with Bridging Missing Links | 第47页 |
| ·Tone Control Problem during OPI | 第47-48页 |
| ·Time Management Problem during OPI | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Six Strategies for Achieving Coherence in OPI | 第50-55页 |
| ·Establishing a Standard of Process | 第50-52页 |
| ·Register Recognition | 第50-51页 |
| ·Logic Reorganization | 第51页 |
| ·Detail Perfection | 第51-52页 |
| ·Becoming a Professional Communicator Bridging Two Parties | 第52-53页 |
| ·Breaking the Ice When There Exists a Conflict | 第52-53页 |
| ·Promoting More Efficient Over-the-phone Communication | 第53页 |
| ·Forming Good Habits to Be Better Prepared for OPI | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-75页 |
| Appendix 1:Transcripts of Subjects' Performance | 第62-70页 |
| Appendix 2:Categorization of Incoherences in the Transcripts | 第70-75页 |
