| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Present situation | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of the present research | 第13-15页 |
| ·Aims of the present research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-39页 |
| ·Constructi vism | 第17-28页 |
| ·Key philosophical schools of constructivism | 第17-21页 |
| ·Piaget's Schema of cognitive constructivism | 第17-19页 |
| ·Von Glasersfeld's radical constructivism | 第19-20页 |
| ·Vygotsky's socio constructivism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Key educational ideas of constructivism | 第21-25页 |
| ·Key educational psychological ideas | 第21-23页 |
| ·Constructivist teaching techniques | 第23-25页 |
| ·Constructivist perspectives on TEFL | 第25页 |
| ·The applications of constructivism | 第25-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on English reading teaching | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies at home | 第29-30页 |
| ·Theoretical studies | 第29-30页 |
| ·Empirical studies | 第30页 |
| ·Summary of studies abroad and at home | 第30-31页 |
| ·Introduction to English reading teaching | 第31-38页 |
| ·Definition of reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·Reading competence | 第32-34页 |
| ·Models for teaching English reading | 第34-36页 |
| ·Reading skills | 第36-38页 |
| ·The scaffolding English reading teaching | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Three A Proposed Constructivist Model of TEFL | 第39-51页 |
| ·Williams and Burden's constructivist model of TEFL | 第39-40页 |
| ·A proposed constructivist model of English reading teaching | 第40-51页 |
| ·A proposed constructivist-based model of English reading teaching | 第40-43页 |
| ·Teachers' role | 第43-44页 |
| ·Learners' role | 第44-46页 |
| ·The constructivist views on task | 第46-51页 |
| ·Definitions and components of task | 第46-48页 |
| ·An educational perspective on tasks | 第48-49页 |
| ·Principles of designing tasks | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Four An Empirical Study of the Proposed Model | 第51-66页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第51页 |
| ·The purpose of the experiment | 第51-52页 |
| ·The subjects | 第52-53页 |
| ·Instruments | 第53-66页 |
| ·Tests | 第53-55页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第55-56页 |
| ·Interview | 第56页 |
| ·Classroom experiment | 第56-57页 |
| ·Sample lesson | 第57-66页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Analysis | 第66-74页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from tests | 第66-71页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from pre-test | 第66-68页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from post-test | 第68-71页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from questionnaire | 第71页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from interview | 第71-72页 |
| ·Results and analysis of the information from classroom experiment | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion | 第74-82页 |
| ·The learner-teacher and the learner-learner scaffolding | 第74-78页 |
| ·The teacher-learner scaffolding | 第74-76页 |
| ·The learner-learner scaffolding | 第76-78页 |
| ·The contributions of constructivist-based model to the improvement of students' reading competence | 第78-82页 |
| ·The contribution to students' reading speed | 第78-80页 |
| ·The contribution to students' reading comprehension | 第80-81页 |
| ·The contribution to students' reading skills | 第81-82页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| ·Major findings and implications | 第82-84页 |
| ·Limitations and further studies | 第84-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-92页 |
| Appendices | 第92-121页 |
| Appendix 1 Reading comprehension tests (pre-test) (post-test) | 第92-105页 |
| Appendix 2 Data from the experiment | 第105-117页 |
| Appendix 3 Raw scores of tests of reading comprehension | 第117-119页 |
| Appendix 4 Questionnaire | 第119-121页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第121-122页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第122页 |
