| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·Research Background of this Study | 第7-8页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第8-9页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第10-30页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture and Its Pedagogical Implication for FLT | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture | 第10-11页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications for Foreign Language Teaching | 第11-12页 |
| ·Language Learning and Culture Learning | 第12-13页 |
| ·General Survey of Intercultural Awareness (IA) | 第13-19页 |
| ·Cultural Awareness | 第13-14页 |
| ·Intercultural Awareness/ Sensitivity | 第14-16页 |
| ·Models of IA Development | 第16-19页 |
| ·An Overview of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) | 第19-26页 |
| ·Definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第19-21页 |
| ·Components of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第21-25页 |
| ·Continuum of Competence | 第25页 |
| ·Relationship between ICC and IA | 第25-26页 |
| ·Related Previous Research | 第26-29页 |
| ·Critique of Studies on IA and ICC | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three An Investigation into the IA & ICC of Chinese High School Students | 第30-40页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第30页 |
| ·Methodology | 第30-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30页 |
| ·Instruments | 第30-32页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Collection | 第32页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第32-33页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第33-40页 |
| ·Findings and discussion on the ICC Test and Language Proficiency Test (LPT) | 第33-36页 |
| ·Findings and discussion on the Inventory of Intercultural Awareness | 第36-38页 |
| ·Findings and Discussion on the Correlation among IA, ICC and LPT | 第38页 |
| ·Discussion on Students feedbacks | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Implications of the Investigation for English Language Teaching in China | 第40-45页 |
| ·Findings of the Investigation | 第40页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications of the Study | 第40-42页 |
| ·Several Tentative Suggestions for Improving IA among Chinese High School Students | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Cultural Experience | 第42页 |
| ·Infusion of the Target Culture into Language Teaching | 第42-43页 |
| ·Lectures of Special Topics | 第43页 |
| ·Role-playing | 第43-44页 |
| ·Video Watching and Internet Surfing | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| ·A Brief Summary of the Thesis | 第45页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第45-46页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第46页 |
| ·Suggested Future Research Dimensions | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix I | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix II | 第54-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |
