| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| List of Tables and Charts | 第7-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Rationale | 第15-27页 |
| ·Current situation of English teaching and learning in universities of China | 第15-24页 |
| ·Revision of college English syllabus | 第15-16页 |
| ·Improvement of college English textbooks | 第16-18页 |
| ·The need of ICC training for teachers | 第18页 |
| ·An empirical study of Chinese English learners’cultural awareness | 第18-24页 |
| ·An overview of English testing in universities of China | 第24-25页 |
| ·The necessity of introducing culture testing to language testing | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature review | 第27-46页 |
| ·The development of foreign language testing | 第27-30页 |
| ·The history of the development of language testing | 第27-29页 |
| ·The development of test methods and statistical analyzing methods | 第29-30页 |
| ·Previous researches on ICC | 第30-36页 |
| ·Theoretical studies on Culture | 第30-33页 |
| ·Theoretical studies on ICC | 第33-36页 |
| ·Previous researches on culture testing | 第36-42页 |
| ·The nature of culture testing | 第36-37页 |
| ·Culture testing in China | 第37-38页 |
| ·Previous researches on assessment of culture learning | 第38-41页 |
| ·Interdependence of language testing and culture testing | 第41-42页 |
| ·Qualities of a good test | 第42-46页 |
| ·Reliability | 第42-43页 |
| ·Validity | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 4 An empirical study of the culture test | 第46-60页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Design of Culture test paper | 第46-49页 |
| ·Components of ICC | 第46-48页 |
| ·Components of the culture test | 第48-49页 |
| ·Research Design | 第49-51页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49页 |
| ·Instruments | 第49-50页 |
| ·Methods | 第50-51页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussions | 第51-60页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第51-57页 |
| ·The validity of the culture test | 第57-58页 |
| ·The reliability of the culture test | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Summary | 第60-62页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第61页 |
| ·Recommendations for further researches | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix I Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (English) | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix II Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (Chinese) | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix III Culture Test | 第69-71页 |
