| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Text Analysis in Reading Comprehension | 第13-18页 |
| ·The problem in the traditional view and method of teaching English reading in China | 第13-14页 |
| ·The new development of theory in reading (based on text analysis) | 第14-16页 |
| ·Text cohesion and EFL reading | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Review | 第18-45页 |
| ·Cohesion theory | 第18-33页 |
| ·Historic review | 第18-19页 |
| ·Brief introduction to cohesion theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·The concept of cohesion | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cohesive devices as clues to understand a text | 第22-33页 |
| ·Criticisms on cohesion theory | 第33-39页 |
| ·Defense of cohesion | 第39-45页 |
| ·Cohesion; an indispensable factor in the text | 第39-41页 |
| ·Cohesion and register | 第41-42页 |
| ·Cohesive markers as clues to interpret texts without ambiguity | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 4 The Study | 第45-58页 |
| ·Survey design | 第45-47页 |
| ·Research questions | 第45页 |
| ·Subjects | 第45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45-47页 |
| ·Students' compositions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第46-47页 |
| ·Interview | 第47页 |
| ·Procedure | 第47页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion | 第47-58页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of students' composition | 第47-49页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of questionnaire | 第49-53页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of interview | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Application of cohesion to reading instruction | 第58-65页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第58页 |
| ·Application of cohesion in reading | 第58-65页 |
| ·Grammar teaching and lexical teaching of textual cohesion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Grammar teaching from the perspective of textual cohesion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Lexical teaching from the perspective of textual cohesion | 第60-61页 |
| ·Emphasizing the teaching of text structure | 第61-62页 |
| ·Improving the training of reading skills | 第62-63页 |
| ·Integrating writing to reading | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Pedagogical implication | 第65页 |
| ·Summing up | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第66-68页 |
| Papers published in 2002-2004 | 第68-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-75页 |
| Resume | 第75页 |
