| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·The Importance of Reading | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Situations and the Problems of English Reading Teaching in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter'Two Literature Review | 第20-26页 |
| ·Overseas Study | 第20-22页 |
| ·Domestic Study | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第26-43页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan's Cohesion Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Hoey's Patterns of Lexical Cohesion in Text | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Repetition Links and Bonds | 第27-29页 |
| ·Central Sentences and Marginal Sentences | 第29-30页 |
| ·Types of Lexical Repetition | 第30-32页 |
| ·Repetition Matrix | 第32-33页 |
| ·Different Terms Used between Halliday & Hasan and Hoey | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| ·Reading | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Nature and Process of Reading | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interactive Reading | 第38-39页 |
| ·Reading Activities | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reading Strategies Based on Lexical Cohesion | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of Lexical Cohesion in Reading | 第43-48页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43-44页 |
| ·Function of Lexical Cohesion in the Understanding of a Text | 第44页 |
| ·The Model of Lexical Cohesion in the Teaching of ESL Reading | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Five Methodology | 第48-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49页 |
| ·Instruments | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Questionnaire | 第50-51页 |
| ·Pre-test and Post-test | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Experiment | 第52-55页 |
| ·The First Phase | 第53页 |
| ·The Second Phase | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Third Phase | 第54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Instructional Procedures | 第55-64页 |
| ·The Procedure of the Lexical Cohesion-based Teaching Approach | 第55-62页 |
| ·Pre-reading Activities | 第55-56页 |
| ·While-reading Activities | 第56-61页 |
| ·Post-reading Activities | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Procedure of the Traditional Method | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Data Collection and Result Analysis | 第64-79页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第64-65页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey | 第65-73页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Personal Questionnaire at the Beginning of the Term | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey on the EC and CC at the Beginning of the Term | 第66-69页 |
| ·Whether the Subjects Had the Training of Cohesion | 第66-67页 |
| ·Whether Knowing the Significance of Cohesion in Reading | 第67-68页 |
| ·Whether Employing Lexical Cohesion in Reading | 第68-69页 |
| ·Summary of the Analysis | 第69页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey on the EC Students at the End of the Term | 第69-73页 |
| ·Whether Having Mastered the Cohesion Skills in Reading | 第69-70页 |
| ·Whether Having Changed Their Original Reading Methods | 第70-71页 |
| ·Whether the Lexical Cohesion Being Helpful To Their Reading comprehension | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary of the Analysis | 第72-73页 |
| ·The Comparison in the Pre-test of Independent Sample T-test within EC and CC | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Comparison of the EC and CC | 第73页 |
| ·The Comparison in the Pre-test of Independent Sample T-test Within the EC and CC | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Comparison in the Post-test of Independent Sample T-test within EC and CC | 第75-76页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Comparison of the EC and CC | 第75页 |
| ·The Comparison in the Post-test of Independent Sample T-test within EC and CC | 第75-76页 |
| ·The Comparison in the Pre-test and the Post-test of Paired Sample T-test | 第76-77页 |
| ·The Result of the Comparison of the Pre-test and Post-test within the CC | 第76-77页 |
| ·The Result of the Comparison of the Pre-test and Post-test within the EC | 第77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第79-84页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第79-81页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第81-82页 |
| ·Emphasizing the Teaching of Text Structure | 第81页 |
| ·Improving the Training of Reading Skills | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Appendices | 第88-104页 |
| Papers Published | 第104页 |