| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| 1-1 Research Orientatio | 第12-13页 |
| 1-2 Rationale for the present research | 第13-14页 |
| 1-3 Research questions | 第14页 |
| 1-4 Organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-46页 |
| 2-1 Communicative language teaching | 第15-18页 |
| 2-2 Task-based learning | 第18-40页 |
| 2-2-1 What is task-based learning? | 第18-20页 |
| 2-2-2 What is a task? | 第20-24页 |
| 2-2-3 Task-related factors | 第24-26页 |
| 2-2-4 The principles of task-based learning | 第26-28页 |
| 2-2-5 The characteristics of task-based teaching | 第28-29页 |
| 2-2-6 The aims of task-based teaching | 第29-31页 |
| 2-2-7 The designing principles of tasks | 第31-33页 |
| 2-2-8 The types of tasks | 第33-38页 |
| 2-2-9 A TBL framework | 第38-40页 |
| 2-2-9-1 The pre-task phase | 第38-39页 |
| 2-2-9-2 Doing the task | 第39-40页 |
| 2-2-9-3 The post-task phase | 第40页 |
| 2-3 Reading strategies | 第40-46页 |
| 2-3-1 Effective second language reading strategies | 第40-42页 |
| 2-3-2 Effective reading strategies in the second language classroom | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Three Experiment | 第46-61页 |
| Chapter introduction | 第46页 |
| 3-1 Purpose | 第46页 |
| 3-2 Subjects | 第46-47页 |
| 3-3 Instruments | 第47页 |
| 3-4 Procedure | 第47-61页 |
| 3-4-1 Pre-test | 第48-49页 |
| 3-4-2 Teaching English reading using Task-based approach | 第49-59页 |
| 3-4-2-1 Guessing the meaning of the new words(Feb.14----Feb.26) | 第49-53页 |
| 3-4-2-2 Filling the form(March1----March11) | 第53-55页 |
| 3-4-2-3 Summarizing the main idea of the Passage(March 14—March29) | 第55页 |
| 3-4-2-4 Inferring the hidden meaning of a single sentence, a dialogue or a passage(April 1----April15) | 第55-56页 |
| 3-4-2-5 Paraphrasing(April 18----April 29) | 第56页 |
| 3-4-2-6 Integrated tasks(May 8----June 10) | 第56-59页 |
| 3-4-3 Post-test the students' reading comprehension skill | 第59页 |
| 3-4-4 Post-test questionnaire | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Results and analyses of the study | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter introduction | 第61页 |
| 4-1 Results of the study | 第61页 |
| 4-2 Analyses of the study | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-70页 |
| 5-1 Conclusions of the study | 第63-66页 |
| 5-1-1 Advantages of TBL | 第63-64页 |
| 5-1-2 Conclusions of the study | 第64-66页 |
| 5-2 Limitations of the study | 第66-67页 |
| 5-3 Recommendations for further research | 第67-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ:Questionnaire | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ:Questionnaire | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ:Two recorded tables | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ:Reading comprehension test(pre-test) | 第82-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ:Reading comprehension test(post-test) | 第88-92页 |
