| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·General organization | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-27页 |
| ·Defining competence | 第12-22页 |
| ·Communicative competence | 第13-15页 |
| ·Intercultural communication competence | 第15-22页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第22-25页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cultural schemata for reading | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cultural interference | 第24-25页 |
| ·Related researches on intercultural communication competence | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第27-31页 |
| ·Research questions | 第27页 |
| ·Study design | 第27-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27页 |
| ·Instruments | 第27-30页 |
| ·The method of cultural information collection | 第28页 |
| ·Seminar | 第28-29页 |
| ·A test | 第29-30页 |
| ·Interviews | 第30页 |
| ·Data collection and data analysis | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第31-60页 |
| ·Results | 第31-35页 |
| ·Results of the tests | 第31-34页 |
| ·Possible reasons for the results | 第34-35页 |
| ·Factors enhancing or impeding linguistic competence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Factors enhancing college non-English majors linguistic competence | 第36页 |
| ·Factors impeding college non-English majors’linguistic competence | 第36页 |
| ·Developing pragmatic competence | 第36-46页 |
| ·Neglect of cultural understanding by college non-English majors | 第36-38页 |
| ·Developing discourse competence | 第38-41页 |
| ·Developing sociolinguistic competence | 第41-42页 |
| ·Developing strategic competence | 第42-44页 |
| ·Developing pragmatic competence in reading | 第44-46页 |
| ·Developing social communicative competence | 第46-52页 |
| ·Responsive and critical reading | 第46-48页 |
| ·Developing non-verbal communication competence | 第48-49页 |
| ·Developing empathy | 第49-52页 |
| ·Intercultural communication strategies | 第52-60页 |
| ·Developing intercultural communication awareness | 第52-53页 |
| ·Cultural acquisition | 第53-55页 |
| ·Culturally critical reading | 第55-57页 |
| ·Adopting communicative approaches in reading | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Conclusions of the study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-65页 |
