| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-6页 |
| Synopsis | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Orientation and Objectives | 第11页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Role of Reading in Senior English Teaching | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Present Situation for English Reading Teaching/ Learning in High Schools | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Rationale of Using English Newspapers as Reading Materials in Classroom | 第14-15页 |
| ·Key Research Questions | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-33页 |
| ·The Recognition of Reading Process | 第16-19页 |
| ·Working Definition of Reading | 第16页 |
| ·Typical Models of Reading | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Schema Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Studies on Lexical Chunks | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Lexical Chunks | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Classification of Lexical Chunks | 第21-22页 |
| ·Functional Aspects of Lexical Chunks | 第22-24页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks and Psychological Processing | 第24-25页 |
| ·Lexical Knowledge and Competence Affecting English Reading | 第25-27页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks and Language Teaching | 第27-30页 |
| ·Lewis' Lexical Approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·Nattinger & Decarrico's Lexical Approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Advantages of Teaching Lexical Chunks | 第30-31页 |
| ·Teaching Senior English Reading with Lexical Chunks | 第31页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three The Empirical Study | 第33-42页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Experiment | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Goal of Teaching Reading in Senior Schools | 第33页 |
| ·Reading Problems of Senior Students | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Experimental Design | 第34页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第34-42页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34-35页 |
| ·Materials | 第35-36页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第36-42页 |
| Chapter Four Data Collection and Analysis | 第42-47页 |
| ·Statistical Results of the Pre-test | 第42-43页 |
| ·Statistical Results of the Post-test | 第43-47页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of the Results of the Reading Comprehension Test | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Mean Comparison of the two Tests | 第44-45页 |
| ·T-test of the Results of the Post-test | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第53-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第59-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第66-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
