| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·The purpose of this study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The requirements of English teaching and learning in the New English Curriculum Standard and The Syllabus for Full-time Senior Middle School English | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Present situation of English teaching and learning in a rural high school —Linzhang High School | 第14-21页 |
| ·The investigation into English teachers and English teaching facilities | 第15-16页 |
| ·The general investigation into students’English learning | 第16-17页 |
| ·The investigation into students’ extensive reading | 第17-19页 |
| ·The interview of English teachers | 第19-20页 |
| ·The analysis of the investigation and interview | 第20-21页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-35页 |
| ·Research on theories of the second language acquisition and English reading | 第22-28页 |
| ·Theories of SLA | 第22-24页 |
| ·Behaviorism | 第22页 |
| ·Universal grammar | 第22页 |
| ·Krashen’s Input Hypothesis and Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第22-24页 |
| ·Factors affecting SLA | 第24页 |
| ·Reading theories based on cognitive psychology and psycholinguistic | 第24-26页 |
| ·Defining Reading | 第24-25页 |
| ·Bottom-up model and Top-down model | 第25页 |
| ·Interactive model and Schema model | 第25-26页 |
| ·Interest, motivation and language learning | 第26-28页 |
| ·Interest and language learning | 第26-27页 |
| ·Motivation and language learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Research on English reading and learning in China | 第28-34页 |
| ·English reading research by Du Xuezeng and Hu Chundong | 第28-29页 |
| ·Reading research by other scholars | 第29-30页 |
| ·Practical English reading strategies | 第30-34页 |
| ·Skimming | 第30-31页 |
| ·Scanning | 第31页 |
| ·Guessing from the context | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lowering the learning anxiety | 第32页 |
| ·Overcoming some bad habits of reading | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Extensive Reading Experiment | 第35-49页 |
| ·Selecting and compiling reading materials | 第35-41页 |
| ·The principles of selecting and compiling reading materials | 第35-36页 |
| ·English Classic Reading Series for High School Students | 第36-38页 |
| ·The characteristics of the English reading series | 第38-41页 |
| ·Research methods | 第41-44页 |
| ·Research subjects | 第41页 |
| ·The English teacher of Class 25 and Class 26 and the writer of the thesis | 第41-42页 |
| ·Characteristics of students in rural high schools | 第42页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第42-43页 |
| ·Interview | 第43页 |
| ·Achievement tests | 第43页 |
| ·Analysis with SPSSv13.0 | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures of the reading experiment | 第44-47页 |
| ·The experiment and requirements | 第44页 |
| ·The general reading method | 第44-45页 |
| ·The procedures of experiment | 第45-47页 |
| ·The preparations for the experiment | 第45-46页 |
| ·The first stage of the experiment | 第46-47页 |
| ·The second stage of the experiment | 第47页 |
| ·The post experiment arrangements | 第47页 |
| ·Other teaching activities along with the extensive reading experiment | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Experiment | 第49-56页 |
| ·Statistics of the scores | 第49-50页 |
| ·The pre-test scores | 第49页 |
| ·The comparison between the pre-test and post-test scores | 第49-50页 |
| ·The comparison between the pre-questionnaires and post-questionnaires | 第50-53页 |
| ·The new investigation into students’ English learning | 第50-51页 |
| ·The new investigation into students’ English extensive reading | 第51-53页 |
| ·The analysis of the interview | 第53-54页 |
| ·The analysis of the experiment | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-61页 |
| ·General findings of the study | 第56-58页 |
| ·Findings of English teaching and learning in Linzhang High School | 第56-57页 |
| ·Findings on English extensive reading | 第57-58页 |
| ·Suggestions on English extensive reading and English learning for rural high schools | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Appendices | 第64-85页 |
| Appendix 1 农村高中学生英语学习状况调查问卷 | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix 2 农村高中学生英语课外阅读状况调查问卷 | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix 3 前测 后测成绩表 (Class 25 ) | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix 4 前测 后测成绩表 (Class 26 ) | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix 5 Pre-test paper | 第71-78页 |
| Appendix 7 Psot-test paper | 第78-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85页 |
