| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·An overview of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Theories concerning TBLT | 第16-25页 |
| ·Definitions of Task and TBLT | 第16-18页 |
| ·Components of tasks | 第18-19页 |
| ·Types of tasks | 第19-20页 |
| ·Principles of designing tasks | 第20-22页 |
| ·Frameworks of TBLT | 第22-25页 |
| ·Theories concerning reading skills | 第25-29页 |
| ·Definition of reading | 第25-26页 |
| ·Models of reading process | 第26-28页 |
| ·Bottom-up model | 第26-27页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第27-28页 |
| ·Interactive model | 第28页 |
| ·Reading skills and strategies | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous studies of TBLT in the teaching of reading | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第32-38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32-33页 |
| ·Instruments | 第33-34页 |
| ·Pre-test and post-test | 第33页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第33-34页 |
| ·Procedures | 第34-36页 |
| ·The first stage | 第34-35页 |
| ·The second stage | 第35-36页 |
| ·The third stage | 第36页 |
| ·Data collection | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第38-59页 |
| ·Results of the tests for the first research question | 第38-40页 |
| ·Analysis of the pre-test | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis of the post-test | 第39-40页 |
| ·Discussion | 第40页 |
| ·Results for the second research question | 第40-45页 |
| ·Comparison of the skill of understanding details between EG and CG | 第41-42页 |
| ·Comparison of the skill of inferring between EG and CG | 第42页 |
| ·Comparison of the skill of identifying the meanings between EG and CG | 第42-43页 |
| ·Comparison of the skill of getting main ideas between EG and CG | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discussion | 第44-45页 |
| ·Results of the questionnaires for the third research question | 第45-59页 |
| ·Results of the questionnaire from EG and CG before the experiment | 第46-49页 |
| ·Results of questionnaire from EG and CG after the experiment | 第49-52页 |
| ·Results of questionnaire from EG before and after the experiment through paired samples T-test | 第52-55页 |
| ·Results of questionnaire from EG after the experiment | 第55-57页 |
| ·Discussion | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第61-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Appendices | 第66-82页 |
| Appendix 1 Pre-experiment questionnaire on students’ attitude towards college English reading course | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix 2 Post-experiment questionnaire on students’ attitude towards college English reading course | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix 3 Post-experiment questionnaire on students’ feedback on TBLT | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix 4 A Sample of the reading test paper | 第72-80页 |
| Appendix 5 Score list of Reading Comprehension of EG | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix 6 Score list of Reading Comprehension of CG | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
