| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1 Purpose and significance of the research | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| 2.1 The Bottom-Up Model | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 The Top-Down Model | 第16-17页 |
| 2.3 The Interactive Model | 第17页 |
| 2.4 Schema Theories | 第17-18页 |
| 2.5 The Relevance Theory | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three The Definition and Basic Notions of RT | 第21-36页 |
| 3.1 Relevance | 第21-26页 |
| 3.1.1 The Definition of Relevance | 第21-22页 |
| 3.1.2 The Principle of Relevance | 第22-24页 |
| 3.1.3 Degree of Relevance:Effect and Effort | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2 The Relevance-theoretic View of Communication | 第26-31页 |
| 3.2.1 Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Ostensive-inferential communication | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Relevance-theoretic View of Inference | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4 Relevance-theoretic View of Context | 第32-36页 |
| 3.4.1 Context | 第32-34页 |
| 3.4.2 Contextual Effect | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance-theoretic Account of Reading Comprehension | 第36-52页 |
| 4.1. Reading Comprehension and Relevance | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Reading as a Communication Process between the Writer and the Reader | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Relevance is the Presupposition of Reading | 第37页 |
| 4.1.3 Optimal Relevance is the Orientation of Reading | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Reading Comprehension and Inference | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2.1 Reading Comprehension as an Ostensive-influential communication Process | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3 Reading Comprehension and Mutual Manifestness | 第39-41页 |
| 4.4 Reading Comprehension and Context | 第41-43页 |
| 4.4.1 Dynamic Context | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4.2 Inferring the Meaning of New Words through Context | 第42-43页 |
| 4.5 Explicature and Implicature in Reading Comprehension | 第43-49页 |
| 4.5.1 Inferring the Explicit Meaning | 第44-47页 |
| 4.5.2 Inferring the Implicit Meanings | 第47-49页 |
| 4.6 Relevance-theoretic Model of Reading | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five Testing the Relevance-Theoretic Reading Model | 第52-66页 |
| 5.1 Experimental Description | 第52-53页 |
| 5.1.1 Research Subjects | 第52页 |
| 5.1.2 Research Instruments | 第52-53页 |
| 5.1.3 Research Materials | 第53页 |
| 5.2 Application of Relevance Theory in English Reading Teaching | 第53-60页 |
| 5.2.1 Current Situation and Characteristics of English Reading Teaching in VoC | 第53-54页 |
| 5.2.2 The Reading Training Tasks of the Whole Semester based on RT | 第54-55页 |
| 5.2.3 Specific Reading Teaching Procedure based on RT | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2.4 An Example of RT-based Teaching Plan in the Experimental Class | 第57-60页 |
| 5.3 The Grammar Translation Reading Teaching Method in the control class | 第60-61页 |
| 5.4 Results and Discussions | 第61-66页 |
| 5.4.1 Effectiveness of the Relevance-theoretic Method of Reading Teaching | 第61-62页 |
| 5.4.2 Comparative Analysis between Class A and Class B in the Pretest | 第62-63页 |
| 5.4.3 Comparative Analysis between Pre-test and Post-test of Class A | 第63-64页 |
| 5.4.4 Comparative Analysis between Pretest and Posttest of Class B | 第64页 |
| 5.4.5 Comparative Analysis between Class A and Class B in the Posttest | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 6 Implications for English Reading Teaching in VoC | 第66-73页 |
| 6.1 Implications for English Reading Teaching in VoC | 第66-72页 |
| 6.1.1 Improve the Quality of Teaching Materials in Vocational College | 第66-67页 |
| 6.1.2 Focus on Imparting Background knowledge | 第67-69页 |
| 6.1.3 Foster the Ability to Make Deductions | 第69-70页 |
| 6.1.4 Foster Students' Learning Autonomy | 第70-72页 |
| 6.2 Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion and Further Study | 第73-76页 |
| 7.1 Findings of the Research | 第73-74页 |
| 7.2 Limitations of the Research and suggestions for further study | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-79页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ PRE-EXPERIMENT READING TEST | 第79-87页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ POST-EXPERIMENT READING TEST | 第87-92页 |
| 作者简介 | 第92页 |
