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论文说明:A List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Status quo of college English grammar teaching
1.2 The purpose and significance of the study
1.3 The structure of the paper
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Contrastive study
2.1.1 Definition of contrastive study
2.1.2 Contrastive study at home and abroad
2.2 Passives
2.2.1 Definitions of passives
2.2.2 Contrastive study of English and Chinese passives
Chapter Three A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Passives
3.1 Basic structures of English and Chinese passives
3.1.1 Basic structure of English passive
3.1.2 Basic structure of Chinese passive
3.2 Contrastive analysis of the structures of the English and Chinese passives
3.2.1 Optional agent
3.2.2 Retained object
3.2.3 Subject
3.2.4 Semantic differences
3.3 Functions of passive voice
3.3.1 Passive as stylistic variable
3.3.2 Passive as textual variable
3.3.3 Passive as a pragmatic variable
3.3.4 Passive as a rhetorical variable
3.4 The corresponding cultures of English and Chinese passives
3.4.1 Western culture and the English language
3.4.2 Chinese culture and the Chinese language
3.5. Translating English and Chinese passives
3.5.1 Translating English passive into Chinese
3.5.2 Translating Chinese passives into English
Chapter Four Research Design and Methodology
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Hypothesis
4.3 Subjects
4.4 Analysis of the subjects' background characteristics
4.5 Research procedures
4.5.1 The pre-test
4.5.2 Teaching process
4.5.3 Teaching skill
4.5.4 Teaching materials
4.5.5 The posttest
4.5.6 The interview
4.6 Instruments
4.6.1 Instruments for data collection
4.6.2 Instruments for data analysis
4.7 Procedures for data collection and analysis
Chapter Five Data Presentation and Discussion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pretest
5.3 Posttest
5.4 Further analysis of the posttest
5.5 Analysis of subjective items
5.6 Interview
5.7 Conclusion
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major findings
6.2 Pedagogical implications
6.3 Limitations of this study
6.4 Suggestions for future research
Bibliography
Appendix