| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Purposes in choosing the topic | 第10-11页 |
| ·Theoretical and practical significance of present study | 第11-13页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第13-27页 |
| ·Reviews of reading | 第13-18页 |
| ·Definition of reading | 第13-15页 |
| ·Reading is a decoding process | 第13-14页 |
| ·Reading is a schema-constructed process | 第14页 |
| ·Reading is a selective and predictive process | 第14页 |
| ·Reading is an interactive process | 第14-15页 |
| ·Typical models of reading | 第15-16页 |
| ·Bottom-up model | 第15页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第15-16页 |
| ·Interactive-compensatory model | 第16页 |
| ·Recent research into teaching of reading | 第16-18页 |
| ·Language knowledge and general comprehension skills | 第16页 |
| ·Background knowledge and reading comprehension | 第16-17页 |
| ·Text structures and reading comprehension | 第17-18页 |
| ·Reading fluency and comprehension abilities | 第18页 |
| ·Reviews of task-based language teaching | 第18-27页 |
| ·Different definition of task | 第18-19页 |
| ·Rationale for task-based language teaching | 第19-20页 |
| ·Components of a task | 第20-22页 |
| ·Useful items of task-based language teaching | 第22-24页 |
| ·Principles in designing tasks | 第22页 |
| ·The main contents of task-based teaching | 第22-23页 |
| ·The steps to design a task | 第23-24页 |
| ·Merits of task-based language teaching of reading | 第24-27页 |
| 3. Methodology | 第27-38页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第27页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27页 |
| ·Instruments | 第27-29页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第28页 |
| ·Post-test | 第28-29页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第29页 |
| ·Experimental process | 第29-34页 |
| ·Pre-task stage | 第30页 |
| ·Task- cycle stage | 第30-34页 |
| ·Task | 第30-33页 |
| ·Planning | 第33页 |
| ·Report stage | 第33-34页 |
| ·Language focus stage | 第34页 |
| ·A case of task-based reading teaching | 第34-38页 |
| 4. Data collection and analysis | 第38-42页 |
| ·Analysis of pre-test and post-test | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis of the data in questionnaire on experimental class | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary of data analysis | 第40-42页 |
| 5. General conclusion | 第42-46页 |
| ·General discussion | 第42页 |
| ·Implications of this study | 第42-44页 |
| ·Reading strategies should be instructed separately for different types of readers | 第43页 |
| ·Regular reading practice outside classroom should be carried out | 第43页 |
| ·Systematic reading assessment is necessary | 第43-44页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第44页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第49-54页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第54-59页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第59-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60页 |
