| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| 1.1 The importance of critical reading | 第8页 |
| 1.2 The significance of the study | 第8-9页 |
| 1.3 The structure of the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| 2 Literature review | 第10-17页 |
| 2.1 Critical thinking | 第10-11页 |
| 2.2 Critical reading | 第11-12页 |
| 2.3 The relationship between critical thinking and critical reading | 第12-13页 |
| 2.4 Critical reading and literal reading | 第13页 |
| 2.5 Critical reading strategies | 第13-14页 |
| 2.6 Discourse analysis | 第14页 |
| 2.7 Question design | 第14-17页 |
| 3 Problems in question design in traditional English reading class | 第17-20页 |
| 3.1 Case study of an English reading class | 第17-18页 |
| 3.2 Current problems in the teaching of English reading | 第18-20页 |
| 4 Measures to improve question design for critical reading | 第20-46页 |
| 4.1 Clarify teaching objectives for critical reading | 第20页 |
| 4.2 Design questions based on reading strategies | 第20-27页 |
| 4.2.1 Previewing | 第20-21页 |
| 4.2.2 Predicting | 第21页 |
| 4.2.3 Annotating | 第21-22页 |
| 4.2.4 Questioning | 第22-23页 |
| 4.2.5 Analyzing | 第23-25页 |
| 4.2.6 Summarizing | 第25-26页 |
| 4.2.7 Evaluating | 第26-27页 |
| 4.2.8 Summary | 第27页 |
| 4.3 Design questions based on discourse analysis | 第27-43页 |
| 4.3.1 Design questions based on writing styles | 第27-33页 |
| 4.3.2 Design questions based on title | 第33-35页 |
| 4.3.3 Design questions based on thread | 第35-37页 |
| 4.3.4 Design questions based on background information | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3.5 Design questions based on role play | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3.6 Design questions based on rhetoric devices | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.7 Design questions based on comparison | 第41页 |
| 4.3.8 Design questions based on comparison between cultures | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3.9 Design questions based on comparison between articles | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.10 Summary | 第43页 |
| 4.4 Clarify teacher’s role in question design for critical reading | 第43-46页 |
| 4.4.1 An ordinary reader | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4.2 A student | 第44页 |
| 4.4.3 A facilitator | 第44-46页 |
| 5 Experiment on the teaching of questions for critical reading | 第46-49页 |
| 5.1 Hypothesis of the experiment | 第46页 |
| 5.2 Subjects of the experiment | 第46页 |
| 5.3 Procedures of the experiment | 第46页 |
| 5.4 Data analysis and discussion | 第46-48页 |
| 5.4.1 Data analysis of the pretest | 第47页 |
| 5.4.2 Data analysis of the posttest | 第47-48页 |
| 5.5 The findings of the experiment | 第48-49页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| 6.1 Major achievement | 第49页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of my study and recommendations for future study | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix A Pretest Reading Comprehension | 第54-62页 |
| Appendix B Posttest Reading Comprehension | 第62-71页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第71页 |
