| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Reasons for the Present Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Significance of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·An overall Structure of the Present Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| ·Definition of TOA | 第14-18页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第14页 |
| ·Ambiguous situation | 第14-15页 |
| ·TOA in the Psychological Domain | 第15-16页 |
| ·TOA in the L2 Learning Field | 第16-18页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of TOA | 第18-21页 |
| ·Learning Styles and L2 Learning | 第18-20页 |
| ·Affect and L2 Learning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Causes of Differences in Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Style | 第21-22页 |
| ·Uncertainty Avoidance | 第22-23页 |
| ·Ego Boundary | 第23页 |
| ·Measurement of TOA | 第23-24页 |
| ·Review of Former Researches | 第24-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies Aboard | 第24-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies at Home | 第26-27页 |
| ·Limitation of Former Studies | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第29-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29页 |
| ·Instrument | 第29-31页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第29-30页 |
| ·Interviews | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data | 第31-33页 |
| ·Data collection | 第31页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Result Analysis | 第33-48页 |
| ·Overall TOA Profile | 第33-37页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of TOA in General | 第33-34页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of the Highest Score Items | 第34-35页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of the Lowest Score Items | 第35-37页 |
| ·Correlation between TOA and students' English achievement | 第37-38页 |
| ·Differences of English achievement among the students with high,middle and low levels of TOA | 第38-40页 |
| ·Description of Variable | 第38页 |
| ·Three Levels of Ambiguity Tolerance | 第38页 |
| ·Differences in English achievement among the three levels of TOA | 第38-39页 |
| ·Multiple Comparisons | 第39-40页 |
| ·TOA Differences in Terms of Gender | 第40-44页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of Each Item | 第40-42页 |
| ·T-test between Male and Female Subject in TOA Differences | 第42页 |
| ·Items of females score higher than males | 第42-44页 |
| ·Finding and Discussion of the Interview | 第44-46页 |
| ·Major findings | 第46-48页 |
| ·A general description of the TOA of the subjects | 第46页 |
| ·Relationship between TOA and English achievements | 第46-47页 |
| ·Differences of English achievement among the students with three levels of TOA | 第47页 |
| ·TOA variance in terms of gender | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Implication | 第48-55页 |
| ·Implication | 第48-55页 |
| ·Theoretical implication | 第48页 |
| ·Teaching implication | 第48-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Future Study | 第57-58页 |
| Abbreviations | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62-69页 |
| Appendix A | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix B | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix C | 第65-68页 |
| Appendix D | 第68-69页 |
| List of Tables | 第69-70页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第70-71页 |
