| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第14-34页 |
| ·Literature review of listening comprehension | 第14-24页 |
| ·Definition of listening comprehension | 第14页 |
| ·Nature of listening comprehension | 第14-15页 |
| ·Process of listening comprehension | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous research on listening comprehension teaching | 第16-19页 |
| ·Present research on high school English listening teaching | 第19-24页 |
| ·Theoretical discussion on indirect speech acts theory | 第24-34页 |
| ·Searle’s view of speech acts theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Indirect language | 第25-27页 |
| ·Indirect speech acts theory | 第27-31页 |
| ·Related theories of indirect speech acts | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relationship between indirect speech acts theory and listening comprehension | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter III A Research on Applying Indirect Speech Acts Theory to Teaching English Listening in High Schools | 第34-47页 |
| ·Research design | 第34-36页 |
| ·Research questions | 第34页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Procedures of data collection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Procedures of data analysis | 第36页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第36-45页 |
| ·Data analysis of the questionnaire | 第36-41页 |
| ·Data analysis of the test | 第41-45页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter IV Implications for English Listening Comprehension Teaching | 第47-57页 |
| ·Methods of Infiltrating Indirect Speech Acts Theory into Listening Comprehension Teaching | 第47-53页 |
| ·Improving the learners’ inference strategy | 第47-48页 |
| ·Cultivating the learners’ awareness of culture | 第48-50页 |
| ·Making full use of the context | 第50页 |
| ·Enriching the learners’ background knowledge | 第50-51页 |
| ·Making full use of English tones | 第51-52页 |
| ·Training the learners’ ability of using conventional indirect speech acts | 第52-53页 |
| ·Implications for improving students’ ability of listening comprehension | 第53-55页 |
| ·Encouraging interaction and collaboration between the teacher and students | 第53页 |
| ·Encouraging active listening techniques | 第53-54页 |
| ·Demanding different listening tasks at different listening stages | 第54页 |
| ·Making full use of multi-media in listening | 第54-55页 |
| ·Making full use of the activities at different stages of listening | 第55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix I | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix II | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix III | 第67-70页 |
| Paper Published during MA Program | 第70页 |
