| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Purposes and Significance of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Overall Structure of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-29页 |
| 2.1 Conception of Culture | 第11-12页 |
| 2.2 Notion of Communication | 第12-14页 |
| 2.3 Relationship between Culture and Communication | 第14-15页 |
| 2.4 Overview of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第15-20页 |
| 2.4.1 Proposition of Intercultural Communication and Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第15-18页 |
| 2.4.2 Models of Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第18-20页 |
| 2.5 Previous Research on Intercultural Communicative Competence | 第20-29页 |
| 2.5.1 Relevant Research on ICC Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| 2.5.2 Relevant Research on ICC in China | 第23-29页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第29页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第29-31页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.2 Language Proficiency Test | 第31页 |
| 3.3.3 Interview | 第31页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection and Analysis | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-44页 |
| 4.1 Overall Situation of College Students’ ICC | 第33-36页 |
| 4.2 Differences in Students’ Small “c” Culture and Big “C” Culture | 第36-38页 |
| 4.3 Differences in Students’ Verbal and Nonverbal Intercultural Competence | 第38-40页 |
| 4.4 Differences in Intercultural Communicative Competence betweenHigh-proficiency Students and Low-proficiency Students | 第40-44页 |
| 4.4.1 Explanations for the Differences in ICC between Students with High English Proficiency and Those with Low English Proficiency | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4.2 Explanations for the Differences in the Small “c” Culture between Students with High English Proficiency and Those with Low English Proficiency | 第42页 |
| 4.4.3 Explanations for the Differences in the Big “C” Culture between Students with High English Proficiency and Those with Low English Proficiency | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implications | 第44-48页 |
| 5.1 Summary of the Findings in the Research | 第44-45页 |
| 5.2 Implications for Language Teaching and Learning | 第45-47页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for the Further Research | 第47-48页 |
| Reference | 第48-54页 |
| Appendix I | 第54-60页 |
| Appendix II | 第60-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Publications | 第62页 |
