1 Introduction 10-22 1.1 Introduction to Listening Comprehension 10-14 1.1.1 A Brief Look at Listening 10-12 1.1.2 Research Background 12-13 1.1.3 Purpose and Significance of the Study 13-14 1.2 Theoretical Framework of the Study 14-19 1.2.1 The Relevance Theory 14-16 1.2.2 The Model of LC from RT Perspective 16-18 1.2.3 The Model of Second Language Transactional LC 18-19 1.3 Introduction to the Thesis 19-22 1.3.1 The Scope of the Study 19-21 1.3.2 Structure of the Thesis 21-22 2 Literature Review 22-32 2.1 The Effects of Background Knowledge on SLA Students‘LC 22-25 2.2 The Effects of Text Type on SLA Students’LC 25-27 2.3 The Researches on the Text Processing Strategies of LC 27-29 2.4 The LC Researches from RT Perspective 29-30 2.5 Summary 30-32 3 Research Design and Procedure 32-42 3.1 The Research Questions 32-34 3.1.1 The Proposal of Research Questions 32-33 3.1.2 Research Hypotheses 33-34 3.2 The Operational Definition of the Variables 34-36 3.2.1 The Independent Variables 34-35 3.2.2 The Dependent Variables 35-36 3.2.3 The Control Variables 36 3.3 Research Design 36-38 3.3.1 Research Subjects 36-37 3.3.2 Materials and Questionnaire Design 37-38 3.4 Research Procedure 38-41 3.5 Test Assessment and Analysis Methods 41-42 4 Data Analysis 42-54 4.1 The Quantitative Analysis 42-52 4.1.1 The Test Results of the Effect of Each Variable 42-46 4.1.2 The Test Results of the Main Effect of Each Variable 46-49 4.1.3 The Test Results of the Interaction of Each Variable 49-52 4.2 Qualitative Analysis 52-54 4.2.1 Description of the Subjects‘Answers in the Familiar Texts 52 4.2.2 Description of the Subjects’Answers in the Unfamiliar Texts 52-54 5 Results Discussion from RT Perspective 54-63 5.1 The Effect of Topic Familiarity 54-56 5.2 The Effect of Language Proficiency 56-57 5.3 The Effect of Text Type 57 5.4 The Interaction between Topic Familiarity and Language Proficiency 57-58 5.5 The Information Processing Strategies of the Subjects 58-63 6 Conclusion 63-69 6.1 Summary of the Research Results 63-64 6.2 Implication of the Research 64-67 6.3 Limitation of the Research 67-68 6.4 Suggestions for Further Research 68-69 Acknowledgement 69-71 Bibliography 71-76 Appendix 1 76-78 Appendix 2 78-81 Appendix 3 81-82 Appendix 4 82-83 Article published during MA study 83 |
