| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aim of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Summary | 第15-16页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Definitions of reading | 第16页 |
| ·Definitions of critical reading | 第16-22页 |
| ·Being critical | 第17-18页 |
| ·Critical reading | 第18-19页 |
| ·Critical reading skills | 第19-20页 |
| ·Position in reading proficiency | 第20-22页 |
| ·Comparison between critical reading and literal reading | 第22-24页 |
| ·Theoretical basis | 第24-28页 |
| ·Interpretation from interactive reading model | 第24-25页 |
| ·Interpretations from schema theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Interpretation from constructivism learning theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Related study at home and abroad | 第28-30页 |
| ·Related study abroad | 第28-30页 |
| ·Related study at home | 第30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| 3 Application of Critical Reading in Reading Class | 第32-41页 |
| ·Choosing suitable materials to prepare for critical reading | 第32页 |
| ·Demonstrating critical reading skills | 第32-33页 |
| ·Practical teaching methods to practice the four main critical reading skills | 第33-38页 |
| ·Distinguishing between facts and opinions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Recognizing the author's tone and purpose | 第34-35页 |
| ·Recognizing inferences and drawing conclusion | 第35-36页 |
| ·Recognizing bias | 第36-38页 |
| ·Designing class activities to practice critical reading | 第38-40页 |
| ·Autonomous thinking | 第38-39页 |
| ·Group discussion | 第39页 |
| ·Questions and answers | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| 4 Research Design | 第41-46页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第41页 |
| ·Subject of the study | 第41页 |
| ·Experimental instruments | 第41-43页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第42页 |
| ·Test papers | 第42页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第42-43页 |
| ·Treatments | 第43-44页 |
| ·The traditional approach in control class | 第43页 |
| ·The critical reading approach in experimental class | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedure | 第44-45页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第44页 |
| ·In-class training and after-class autonomous critical reading | 第44页 |
| ·Post-test | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| 5 Results and Discussion | 第46-57页 |
| ·Results and discussion of pre-test and post-test | 第46-50页 |
| ·Results of cloze and reading comprehension from the pre-test | 第46-48页 |
| ·Results of cloze and reading comprehension from the post-test | 第48-49页 |
| ·Comparison of experimental class between pretest and posttest | 第49-50页 |
| ·Results and analysis of questionnaire | 第50-56页 |
| ·Results of the first part of the questionnaire | 第51-52页 |
| ·Results of the second part of the questionnaire | 第52-54页 |
| ·Results of the last part of the questionnaire (only for class 24) | 第54-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendixes | 第65-84页 |
| Appendix1 Sample of the Pretest | 第65-74页 |
| Appendix2 Sample of the Posttest | 第74-83页 |
| Appendix3 问卷调查 | 第83-84页 |
