| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-13页 |
| ·The nature of culture | 第11-12页 |
| ·Language and culture | 第12-13页 |
| ·Current situation in high school oral English teaching | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-17页 |
| ·The goal of education | 第14页 |
| ·The requirement of new test policies | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第17-27页 |
| ·High context(HC) and low context(LC) theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Hofstede's four dimension theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Linguistic relativity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contrastive studies on the cultural differences between America and China | 第22-27页 |
| ·Individualism versus Collectivism | 第22-25页 |
| ·Direct versus Indirect verbal style | 第25-26页 |
| ·Self-enhancement versus self-effacement | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural-related problems of oral English teaching in high schools | 第27-32页 |
| ·Misconception of oral English teaching | 第27-29页 |
| ·Limitation of oral English teaching methods | 第29-30页 |
| ·Incompetence of oral English teachers | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Surveys and analysis | 第32-47页 |
| ·Research group and research subjects | 第32-33页 |
| ·Research bases and instruments | 第33-38页 |
| ·Procedures | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data | 第39-44页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five Several strategies to effectively improve oral English teaching in high schools by incorporating cultural studies | 第47-71页 |
| ·Changing the misconception of oral English teaching | 第47-50页 |
| ·Changing the misconception of oral English | 第47-49页 |
| ·Changing the misconception of teacher's role in teaching oral English | 第49-50页 |
| ·Better improving personal English level and comprehensive qualities | 第50-54页 |
| ·Criteria of a successful oral English teacher | 第50-52页 |
| ·Several aspects about the improvements of personal qualification of oral English teachers in high schools | 第52-54页 |
| ·Diversifying teaching approaches | 第54-63页 |
| ·Base the approaches on students' needs | 第54-55页 |
| ·From traditional teaching approaches to more diverse teaching approaches | 第55-63页 |
| ·Enhancing students' enthusiasm by cultural input | 第63-68页 |
| ·The importance of the creation of an authentic cultural environment | 第63-64页 |
| ·Some ways to incorporate culture in oral English classroom | 第64-68页 |
| ·Avoiding Chinglish in oral English | 第68-71页 |
| ·Notice cultural mistakes as a cause of Chinglish | 第68-69页 |
| ·Adopt the comparative teaching method | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第71-74页 |
| ·Findings and implications | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第81-83页 |
