| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-11页 |
| List of Histograms | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Orientation of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Key Research Questions | 第14页 |
| ·Content of the Remaining Chapters | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Related Research Literature | 第16-35页 |
| ·Oral Reading in EFL Learning | 第16-19页 |
| ·Oral Reading as a Psycholinguistic Process | 第16页 |
| ·Oral Reading as an EFL Learning Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·Oral Reading as an EFL Teaching Method | 第17-19页 |
| ·Information Processing in Oral Reading | 第19-23页 |
| ·Bottom-up and Top-down Processing in Oral Reading | 第19-21页 |
| ·Serial and Parallel Processing in Oral Reading | 第21-22页 |
| ·Controlled and Automatic Processing in Oral Reading | 第22-23页 |
| ·Pauses in Oral Reading and Information Processing Efficiency | 第23-29页 |
| ·Pauses and Oral Reading | 第23-27页 |
| ·Pauses and Sense Group | 第24-25页 |
| ·Pauses Identified in Oral Reading | 第25-26页 |
| ·Pause Threshold | 第26-27页 |
| ·Processing Efficiency and Pauses in Oral Reading | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Importance of Automaticity | 第27-29页 |
| ·Trade-off Between Controlled and Automatic processig in Oral Reading | 第29页 |
| ·Development of Research Questions | 第29-34页 |
| ·Range of Pause Types in the Current Study | 第29-32页 |
| ·Variables in This Study | 第32页 |
| ·Specific Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第35-40页 |
| ·Prior Consideration | 第35页 |
| ·Research Design | 第35-36页 |
| ·Subjects Selection | 第36页 |
| ·Reading Material Selection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data Transcription and Collection | 第37页 |
| ·Data Preparation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Identifying Pauses | 第37页 |
| ·Measuring Pauses | 第37页 |
| ·Classifying Pauses | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第38页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Results of the Present Study | 第40-59页 |
| ·Different Pause Patterns Across Proficiency Levels | 第40-55页 |
| ·General Pause Patterns Presented by Acceptable Pauses,Inappropriate Pauses and Self-repair Related Pauses | 第41-45页 |
| ·Acceptable Pauses Performed by Subjects Across Proficiency Levels | 第45-46页 |
| ·Inappropriate Pauses Performed by Subjects Across Proficiency Levels | 第46-50页 |
| ·Self-repair Related Pauses Preformed by Subjects Across Proficiency Levels | 第50-52页 |
| ·Acceptable Pause Performed by Subjects at High Proficiency Level Compared with Appropriate Pause | 第52-53页 |
| ·Acceptable Pause Performed by Subjects at High Proficiency Level Compared With Natural Pause | 第53-55页 |
| ·A Micro Presentation of Pause Patterns | 第55-56页 |
| ·Qualitative Results | 第56-59页 |
| ·‘That ’Related Inappropriate Pauses | 第56页 |
| ·Expectation Related Inappropriate Pauses | 第56-57页 |
| ·Word Recognition Related Inappropriate Pauses | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion of Results | 第59-64页 |
| ·General Findings of the Subjects’Pause Performance | 第59页 |
| ·Discussion of the Findings | 第59-64页 |
| Conclusions, Implications and future research | 第64页 |
| Conclusions Drawn from the Present Study | 第64-65页 |
| Implications | 第65页 |
| Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第65-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
| Achnowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix A 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix B Appendix Reading Material | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix C Translation for Reading Material | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix D Reading Material Parsed With Sense Group | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix E Reading Material Parsed With Appropriate Pauses and Natural Pauses | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix F English Practice Questionnaire | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix G Post Hoc Tests for Self –Repair Related Pause Frequency | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix H Transcription of the Full Texts of the Native Speakers’ Oral Reading | 第79-82页 |
| Appendix I Samples of Transcription of the Full Texts of the L2 Subjects’ Oral Reading | 第82-86页 |
| Appendix J 中文摘要 | 第86-88页 |
