| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-33页 |
| ·Listening comprehension test | 第14-18页 |
| ·Development of language testing | 第14-16页 |
| ·Nature of listening comprehension | 第16-18页 |
| ·Textual competence | 第18-28页 |
| ·The concept of textual competence | 第18-21页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Context theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Theories of cohesion and coherence | 第23-28页 |
| ·Textual competence in listening comprehension tests | 第28-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Two Textual Competence Tested in TEM-4 Listening Comprehension | 第33-41页 |
| ·Items related to schema theory | 第34页 |
| ·Items related to context theories | 第34-36页 |
| ·Items related to cohesive devices | 第36-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第41-48页 |
| ·Research questions | 第41-42页 |
| ·Participants | 第42-44页 |
| ·The development and piloting of the instruments | 第44-48页 |
| ·Establishment of variables targeted by the instruments | 第45页 |
| ·Rationale for and piloting of the instruments | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第48-67页 |
| ·Overall results | 第48-51页 |
| ·The description of average score of listening testing | 第48-50页 |
| ·Correlation between score of TEM-4 and average score | 第50-51页 |
| ·The basic facts of participants’ textual competence | 第51-57页 |
| ·The prediction of textual competence to listening score | 第57-62页 |
| ·Different textual competence reflected by different groups | 第62-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for the input of textual knowledge in teaching listening | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第68页 |
| ·Recommendations for future research | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix One Questionnaire in Chinese | 第73-76页 |
| Appendix Two Questionnaire in English | 第76-80页 |
| Publications | 第80页 |
