| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem | 第16-17页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| ·Clarifying the Inconsistent Findings concerning the Effects of the Three Factors upon L2/FL Reading Performance | 第18-19页 |
| ·Improving the Teaching, Learning and Testing of Chinese EFL Readers' Reading Skill | 第19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第21-37页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of Schemata | 第21页 |
| ·Types of Schemata | 第21-23页 |
| ·Functions of Schemata | 第23页 |
| ·Schema-theoretic View of Reading | 第23-25页 |
| ·Two Thresholds Hypothesis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence on Content Schemata and L2/FL Proficiency | 第26-32页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence on Facilitative Effect of Content Schemata | 第26-28页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence on the Ineffectiveness of Some Content Schemata | 第28-29页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence on the Facilitative Effect of Content Schemata only at Certain L2/FL Proficiency Level | 第29-32页 |
| ·Language of Presentation of Test Items and Empirical Research Evidence | 第32-36页 |
| ·Advantages of L1 Presentation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence on the Facilitative Effect of L1 Presentation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Disadvantages of L1 Presentation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Empirical Research Evidence against Facilitative Effect of L1 Presentation | 第36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Two Methodology | 第37-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37页 |
| ·Participants | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sources of Data | 第38-41页 |
| ·The English Proficiency Test | 第38页 |
| ·The Topic Familiarity Questionnaire and Content Schemata Questionnaire | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Reading Comprehension Test | 第39-41页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Three Results and Discussion | 第43-59页 |
| ·Results of Content Schemata Questionnaire | 第43-44页 |
| ·Results of Reading Comprehension Test | 第44-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-59页 |
| ·The Effects of Content Schemata upon EFL Reading Comprehension | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Effects of English Proficiency and Language of Presentation of Test Items upon EFL Reading Comprehension | 第53-59页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion and Implications | 第59-64页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第60-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-70页 |
| Appendices | 第70-86页 |
| Appendix A | 第70-75页 |
| Appendix B | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix C | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix D | 第81-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-87页 |
| Publications | 第87-88页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第88页 |
