声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Background
1．2 Significance and Purpose of Study
1．3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Cross-Cultural Adaption
2．1．1 Definition of Cross-Cultural Adaption
2．1．2 Hypotheses on Cross-Cultural Adaption
2．1．3 Measurement of Cross-Cultural Adaption
2．1．4 Related Empirical Studies on Cross-Cultural Adaption
2．1．5 Summary
2．2 Metadiscourse
2．2．1 Definition of Metadiscourse
2．2．2 Classification of Chinese Metadiscourse
2．2．3 Related Studies on Chinese Metadiscourse
2．2．4 Summary
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 Research Questions
3．2 Instruments
3．2．1 Sociocultural Adaptation Scale
3．2．2 Cultural Adaption Strategies Questionnaire about Learning Chinese
3．2．3 Compositions
3．3 Data Collection and Analysis
3．3．1 Participants
3．3．2 Process
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1 Statistical Correlation between Cross-cultural Adaption Level and Metadiscourse Use
4．2 Metadiscourse Use between the Highest and Lowest Adaption Level Groups
4．2．1 Overall Differences
4．2．2 Comparison in the Subcategories of Metadiscourse
4．3 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusions
5．1 Major findings
5．2 Pedagogical Implications
5．3 Limitations and Suggestions
References
Appendix A Socio-Cultural Adaption Scale(SCAS)
Appendix B Cultural Adaption Strategies Questionnaire about Leaning Chinese
Appendix C Prompts for the Short Letter
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