| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research objectives and significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review | 第17-42页 |
| ·Studies on reading comprehension teaching | 第17-27页 |
| ·From the perspective of tradition | 第19-22页 |
| ·From the perspective of Cognitive Psychology | 第22-25页 |
| ·From the perspective of Interaction | 第25-27页 |
| ·Studies on business English reading teaching | 第27-31页 |
| ·From the perspective of Schema theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·From the perspective of Relevance theory | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cohesion theory | 第31-42页 |
| ·Grammatical cohesion | 第32-36页 |
| ·Lexical cohesion | 第36-39页 |
| ·Explicit and implicit cohesion | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第42-60页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42-43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-46页 |
| ·The questionnaires | 第44页 |
| ·The reading competence tests | 第44-46页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第45-46页 |
| ·Post-test | 第46页 |
| ·Procedures | 第46-52页 |
| ·Application of cohesion theory in BE reading teaching | 第52-60页 |
| ·The use of grammatical cohesion in reading teaching | 第53-56页 |
| ·The use of lexical cohesion in reading teaching | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第60-75页 |
| ·Results and discussion of the questionnaires | 第60-67页 |
| ·AComparison between the questionnaire in EG and CG | 第60-62页 |
| ·Acomparison between the pre-and post-questionnaires in EG | 第62-64页 |
| ·The open-ended questions in the post-questionnaire | 第64-65页 |
| ·Analysis of the students’attitudes towards BE reading learning | 第65-67页 |
| ·Results and discussion of the BEC（V） reading tests | 第67-75页 |
| ·Comparison of the pre-tests results between EG and CG | 第67-70页 |
| ·Comparison of the post-tests results between EG and CG | 第70-71页 |
| ·Comparison between pre-test and post-test results within each group | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第75-76页 |
| ·Implication | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and suggestions for further study | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第85-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第93-101页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要科研成果 | 第101-102页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第102页 |
