| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 The purpose and significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 The organization of this thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-30页 |
| 2.1 Terminology | 第13-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Communicative competence and discourse competence | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 The definition of discourse competence | 第14-16页 |
| 2.1.3 Components of discourse competence | 第16-21页 |
| 2.2 Cloze test and discourse competence | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Cloze test | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Empirical studies on cloze test and discourse competence | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3 Relevant studies on discourse competence abroad and at home | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 Conclusion | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第30-36页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Participants | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第31-34页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.2 Discourse competence test | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3.3 Proficiency Test | 第33页 |
| 3.3.4 Cloze tests | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4 Pilot study | 第34页 |
| 3.5 Data collection | 第34-35页 |
| 3.6 Data analysis | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第36-48页 |
| 4.1 Current situation of students' discourse competence | 第36-42页 |
| 4.1.1 The current situation of students' discourse competence | 第36-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Correlation between students' discourse competence and theirawareness of discourse competence | 第42页 |
| 4.2 Correlation between students'discourse competence and their English proficiency | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Correlation between students' discourse competence and their English proficiency | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Correlation between students' discourse competence and different cloze tests performance | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Differences of students' discourse competence among different English proficiency | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3 Discourse competence of science students and art students | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the research | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical implications of the study | 第49页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the study and suggestions for future studies | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix 1 中学生语篇意识调查问卷表 | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix 2 语篇能力测试题 | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix 3 Cloze tests | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix 4 Proficiency Test Paper | 第63-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| 在读期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第73页 |
