| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Ⅰ． Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| Ⅱ． Pragmatic competence | 第9-26页 |
| 2．1 Pragmatics | 第9-22页 |
| 2．1．1 A brief historical overview | 第9-11页 |
| 2．1．2 Definition of pragmatics | 第11-12页 |
| 2．1．3 Important aspects of pragmatic study | 第12-16页 |
| 2．1．3．1 Appropriacy and tact | 第12-14页 |
| 2．1．3．2 Interpretation and use of language | 第14-16页 |
| 2．1．4 Context | 第16-22页 |
| 2．1．4．1 Linguistic context | 第17页 |
| 2．1．4．2 Non-linguistic context | 第17-20页 |
| 2．1．4．3 Role of context in communication | 第20-22页 |
| 2．2 Pragmatic competence | 第22-26页 |
| 2．2．1 Definition of pragmatic competence | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2．2 Context and cultivation of pragmatic competence | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2．3 Pragmatic failure | 第25-26页 |
| Ⅲ． Necessity of cultivating students' pragmatic competence | 第26-30页 |
| 3．1 A survey over traditional English teaching in China | 第26-29页 |
| 3．1．1 Teaching English out of context | 第26-27页 |
| 3．1．2 Teaching English with no regard to cultural differences | 第27-28页 |
| 3．1．3 Over-emphasizing the role of teachers | 第28页 |
| 3．1．4 Lack of authentic materials | 第28-29页 |
| 3．2 Necessity of cultivating students' pragmatic competence | 第29-30页 |
| Ⅳ． Means of cultivating pragmatic competence | 第30-48页 |
| 4．1 Raising students' cultural awareness | 第31-35页 |
| 4．1．1 Relationship between language and culture | 第32-33页 |
| 4．1．2 Increasing students' awareness of cultural differences | 第33-34页 |
| 4．1．3 Introducing cultural information of the target language in accordance with the texts | 第34-35页 |
| 4．2 Need for training in context of language use at different levels | 第35-41页 |
| 4．2．1 Teaching the connotative meaning of word while teaching literal meaning of it | 第36-37页 |
| 4．2．2 Teaching phonology in context | 第37-39页 |
| 4．2．3 Teaching grammar in context | 第39-41页 |
| 4．3 Providing authentic materials | 第41-43页 |
| 4．4 Student-centered classroom | 第43-45页 |
| 4．5 Task-based activities | 第45-48页 |
| Ⅴ． A research work | 第48-52页 |
| Ⅵ． Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第56-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第62页 |
