| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-30页 |
| ·Studies on reading comprehension | 第17-22页 |
| ·The definition of reading comprehension | 第17-18页 |
| ·Reading comprehension process | 第18-19页 |
| ·Reading models | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies on syntactic knowledge | 第22-28页 |
| ·Syntactic knowledge | 第22-23页 |
| ·Syntactic deficiency and comprehension difficulty | 第23-26页 |
| ·Aspects of FL syntactic deficiency | 第26-28页 |
| ·Empirical studies on syntactic knowledge and FL reading competence | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation and Research Methodology | 第30-54页 |
| ·The theoretical foundation of the research | 第30-38页 |
| ·Basic syntactic knowledge from the perspective of traditional grammar | 第30-32页 |
| ·Syntactic knowledge from the perspective of modern linguistics | 第32-38页 |
| ·Methodology of the present research | 第38-43页 |
| ·Research questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research subjects | 第39页 |
| ·Research materials | 第39-40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40页 |
| ·Procedures of the research | 第40-43页 |
| ·Teaching procedures | 第43-49页 |
| ·Teaching procedures in the control group | 第44页 |
| ·Teaching procedures in the experimental group | 第44-49页 |
| ·Procedures of data collection | 第49-50页 |
| ·Evaluation of the research | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第54-74页 |
| ·Data collection and data analysis | 第54-65页 |
| ·Analysis of results of the questionnaire | 第54-57页 |
| ·Analysis of results of the pre-test | 第57-60页 |
| ·Analysis of results of the post-test | 第60-62页 |
| ·Analysis and comparison between pre-test and post-test of EG | 第62-65页 |
| ·Discussion | 第65-72页 |
| ·The evaluation of theories of syntactic knowledge in reading | 第66-68页 |
| ·The application of theories of syntactic knowledge in reading | 第68-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-79页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第75-77页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第75-76页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions of the study | 第77-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第77页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study | 第77-79页 |
| References | 第79-85页 |
| Appendices | 第85-109页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第109-110页 |
| 作者简介 | 第110页 |
