| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·Purposes of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definitions of Errors and Error Analysis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Sources of Errors | 第15-17页 |
| ·Procedures for EA | 第17-18页 |
| ·Computer-aided Error Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Tense | 第19-23页 |
| ·English Tense System | 第19-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Tense | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Tense Abroad | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Tense in China | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第24-30页 |
| ·An Introduction to the Corpus Used in the Paper | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Tools and Software Used in the Research | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Processing Procedures in the Research | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Tagging Principle of the Selected Samples | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第30-58页 |
| ·General Description of the Results of the Tense Errors in the Samples | 第30-43页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Errors in ST3 | 第31-36页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Form Errors in ST3 | 第31-32页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Choice Errors in ST3 | 第32-36页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Errors in ST4 | 第36-43页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Form Errors in ST4 | 第37-39页 |
| ·Distribution of Tense Choice Errors in ST4 | 第39-43页 |
| ·Detailed Contrastive Study of the Tense Errors in the Samples | 第43-55页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of the Two Kinds of Tense Errors in ST3 and ST4 | 第43-52页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of the Tense Form Errors | 第43-46页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of the Tense Choice Errors | 第46-52页 |
| ·Analysis of the Sixteen Kinds of the Tense Errors | 第52-55页 |
| ·Analysis of the Factors of Tense Errors in CET 4 & 6 Samples | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第67页 |
