| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| ·A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS | 第11页 |
| ·THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH | 第11-13页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-24页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS OF READING AND EXTRACURRICULAR READING | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Definition of Reading | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Definition of Extracurricular Reading | 第15页 |
| ·THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTRACURRICULAR READING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING | 第15-17页 |
| ·THE THEORETICAL BASIS | 第17-20页 |
| ·Krashen’s Input Hypothesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Learner Autonomy | 第19-20页 |
| ·SOME RELEVANT RESEARCHES ON READING | 第20-23页 |
| ·Researches Abroad | 第20-21页 |
| ·Researches at Home | 第21-23页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第23-24页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY | 第24-29页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第24页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第24页 |
| ·RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS | 第24-27页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第25-26页 |
| ·Reading Proficiency Tests | 第26页 |
| ·Individual Interviews | 第26-27页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Collection of Questionnaires’Data | 第27页 |
| ·The Carrying Out of English Reading Proficiency Test | 第27页 |
| ·The Carrying Out and Noting of the Interviews | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第29-42页 |
| ·QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS | 第29-32页 |
| ·Relationship between Different Factors of Extracurricular English Reading and Reading Proficiency | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Independent-Samples T-Test of the Differences of the Arts and the Science Students’Extracurricular English Reading | 第30-31页 |
| ·General Situation of College Students’Extracurricular English Reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS | 第32-34页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第34-42页 |
| ·The Relationship of the Obstacle of English Extracurricular Reading and English Reading Proficiency | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Relationship of Purpose of English Extracurricular Reading and English Reading Proficiency | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Relationship of Way of English Extracurricular Reading and English Reading Proficiency | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Relationship of Evaluation of the Function of English Extracurricular Reading and English Reading Proficiency | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Differences of Extracurricular English Reading between the Arts and the Sicence Students | 第38-39页 |
| ·The General Situation of College Students’Extracurricular English Reading | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER 5 MAJOR FINDINGS , IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 第42-49页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第42页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS FROM THE WHOLE RESEARCH | 第42-45页 |
| ·Motivating Students’Reading Purposes | 第43页 |
| ·Reducing Students’Reading Obstacles | 第43-44页 |
| ·Distinguishing Reading Teaching of Arts Students from Science Students | 第44-45页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR COLLEGE EXTRACURRICULAR ENGLISH READING | 第45-49页 |
| ·Making Good Use of Various Ways to Read after Class | 第45-46页 |
| ·Linking after-class Reading with in-class Reading Content | 第45页 |
| ·Focusing on Students’Major | 第45-46页 |
| ·Taking Advantages of Internet | 第46页 |
| ·Setting up College Extracurricular English Reading System for Monitoring and Guidance | 第46-49页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendices | 第54-62页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第62-63页 |
