| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Need of the research | 第10页 |
| ·Research questions of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the chapters | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第13-28页 |
| ·Language and culture | 第13-17页 |
| ·Definition of language | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definition of culture | 第14-15页 |
| ·Relationship between language and culture | 第15-17页 |
| ·Communication | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definition of communication | 第17页 |
| ·Characteristics of communication | 第17-18页 |
| ·Relationship between communication and culture | 第18-19页 |
| ·Intercultural communication (IC) | 第19-20页 |
| ·Communicative competence (CC) | 第20-24页 |
| ·Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research into present situations of Chinese senior high school students'intercultural communicative competence (ICC) | 第28-48页 |
| ·Research objective | 第28页 |
| ·Methodology | 第28-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第28-29页 |
| ·Instrument | 第29页 |
| ·The design of the test | 第29页 |
| ·The design of the questionnaire | 第29页 |
| ·Procedures for data collection | 第29-30页 |
| ·The test for students | 第30-37页 |
| ·Result and analysis on the test for students | 第30-35页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion | 第35-37页 |
| ·Result and analysis on the questionnaire for students | 第37-42页 |
| ·Result and analysis on the questionnaire for teachers | 第42-46页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four Strategies of cultivating senior high school students’ICC in ELT | 第48-54页 |
| ·Increasing senior high school teachers’ICC | 第48页 |
| ·Teachers are required to improve their own integrative cultural quality | 第48页 |
| ·Teachers are required to strengthen understanding of intercultural teaching | 第48页 |
| ·Cultivating students’intercultural awareness (IA) and ICC | 第48-52页 |
| ·Teaching principles of cultivating students’ICC | 第48-49页 |
| ·Teaching methods of cultivating students’ICC | 第49-52页 |
| ·Cultivating positive attitudes towards alien culture | 第49页 |
| ·Reducing the influence of mother tongue negative transfer | 第49-50页 |
| ·Cultivating sensibility to cultural discrepancy and reinforcing teaching of cultural discrepancy | 第50-52页 |
| ·Suggestions on developing students’ICC | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·A brief summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implications | 第55页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第55-56页 |
| ·Further research | 第56-57页 |
| References | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix I | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix II | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix III | 第61-63页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第63页 |
