| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-21页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-18页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第18页 |
| ·Rationale of the Research | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第20页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-41页 |
| ·Frameworks of Reading Competence | 第21-36页 |
| ·Reading competence in CEFR | 第21-25页 |
| ·Reading competence in ACTFL | 第25-33页 |
| ·Reading competence in CECR | 第33-34页 |
| ·Reading competence in CET-4 and CET-6 | 第34-36页 |
| ·Summary from frameworks of reading competence | 第36页 |
| ·Review of Leveling of Reading Materials and Tasks | 第36-40页 |
| ·Criteria for the leveling of reading tasks | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary from studies on the leveling of reading materials | 第39-40页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第40-41页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第41-46页 |
| ·Research Design | 第41-42页 |
| ·SARMs for the Research | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第43-45页 |
| ·Qualitative data collection and analysis | 第44页 |
| ·Quantitative data collection and analysis | 第44-45页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第45-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND ANALYSIS | 第46-73页 |
| ·Qualitative Study and Results in the Pre-stage | 第46-50页 |
| ·Qualitative Study and Results in the First Stage | 第50-60页 |
| ·Indicators and components of reading competence | 第50-55页 |
| ·Variables of task characteristics | 第55-60页 |
| ·Quantitative Study and Results in the Second Stage | 第60-72页 |
| ·Horizontal classification of the SARMs | 第61-62页 |
| ·Vertical ranking of the SARMs | 第62-70页 |
| ·Framework of the leveling of SARMs | 第70-72页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第72-73页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第73-77页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第73-75页 |
| ·Implications of the Research | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations and Future Directions | 第76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-77页 |
| REFERENCES | 第77-81页 |
| 中文参考文献 | 第81-82页 |
| APPENDICES | 第82-87页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第87-88页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第88页 |
