Chapter1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose for the current study
1.2 Organization of the book
Chapter 2 Theoretical Background of Communication Strategies
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The historical outline of CSs
2.3 Comparison of related concepts
2.4 Definitions and taxonomies of CSs
2.5 A review of some empirical studies on CSs
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3 A Quantitative Study on the Taxonomy of Communication Strategies
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research hypotheses
3.3 Method
3.4 Results
3.5 Discussion
3.6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 A Qualitative Study on Communication Strategles
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Method
4.3 Results and discussion
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Analyses of the Influence of Personality,Cognitive Style and Oral English Proficiency on the Use of CSs
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Research hypotheses
5.3 Method
5.4 Results
5.5 Discussion
5.6 Summary
Chapter6 Conclusion
6.1 Major findings in this study
6.2 Implications
6.3 Future research
6.4 Summary
Appendix 1 Questionnaire (Chinese version)
Appendix 2 Explanation of the personality and the cognitive style questionnaire
References