| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Current Situation of Senior English Teaching in China | 第15-21页 |
| ·Requirement of the syllabus | 第15-16页 |
| ·Problems | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-35页 |
| ·The concept of reading | 第21-23页 |
| ·The meaning of reading | 第21-22页 |
| ·Reading process | 第22-23页 |
| ·Schema and schema theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·The meaning of schema | 第23-24页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Types of schema in reading | 第25-28页 |
| ·Content schemata | 第25-27页 |
| ·Formal schemata | 第27-28页 |
| ·The schema theory model of reading process-Interactive model | 第28-35页 |
| ·Bottom-up processing | 第28-30页 |
| ·Top-down processing | 第30-31页 |
| ·Interactive- compensatory model | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Role of the Schema Theory on the English Reading | 第35-47页 |
| ·Activating background knowledge and establishing the content schema | 第35-39页 |
| ·Predicting meaning to assist the reading process | 第39-42页 |
| ·Extracting the main idea and analyzing the textual tructure | 第42-43页 |
| ·Making judgment, deduction and choice | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of Schema Theory to Senior English Reading Teaching | 第47-61页 |
| ·The tasks of teachers in reading classroom | 第47-49页 |
| ·Building new background knowledge | 第47-48页 |
| ·Activating known background knowledge | 第48-49页 |
| ·Teaching principles underlying schema theory | 第49-61页 |
| ·Student-centered classroom | 第50页 |
| ·Cultural background knowledge oriented | 第50-52页 |
| ·Reinforcing awareness of text structure | 第52-54页 |
| ·Vocabulary development | 第54-55页 |
| ·Focusing on reading skills | 第55-58页 |
| ·Encouraging students' extensive reading | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five The Investigation and Analysis of the Test | 第61-65页 |
| ·Subjects | 第61页 |
| ·Instrument | 第61-62页 |
| ·Measurement | 第62-63页 |
| ·Analyses | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion of the Study | 第65-73页 |
| ·Confirmation of the hypothesis | 第67-69页 |
| ·Implications for the formal teaching of English | 第69-70页 |
| ·For teaching reading skills | 第69页 |
| ·For teaching background knowledge | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第70-71页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix A:A reading Passage for comprehension | 第79-81页 |
| 问题与答案 | 第81-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-85页 |
