| Acknowledgement | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 The Significance of the Research | 第15页 |
| 1.4 The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| 2.1 Some Related Concepts | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 The Nature of Reading | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Extended Reading | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.3 Graded Teaching | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2 Related Researches on Graded Teaching at Home and Abroad | 第22-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Relevant Researches Abroad | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Relevant Researches at Home | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3 Some Recent Studies on Graded Reading | 第28-29页 |
| 2.4 The Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-43页 |
| 3.1 The Individual Differences Theory | 第31-34页 |
| 3.1.1 The Individual Differences Theory and L2 Learning | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.2 Classifications of Learners’ Individual Differences | 第33页 |
| 3.1.3 Inspirations for Assignments Design | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 The Theory of Zone of Proximal Development | 第34-38页 |
| 3.2.1 The ZPD Theory and Graded Teaching | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2.2 The ZPD Theory and English Reading Teaching in Primary Schools | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 The Input Hypothesis Theory | 第38-41页 |
| 3.3.1 The Content of Comprehensible Input Hypothesis | 第38-40页 |
| 3.3.2 Comprehensible Input and Graded English Extended Reading | 第40-41页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第43-57页 |
| 4.1 General Description of the Present Design | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Research Questions | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3 The Participants | 第45-46页 |
| 4.4 The Instrument and the Reading Materials | 第46-48页 |
| 4.4.1 The Pre-test and Post-test | 第46页 |
| 4.4.2 The Questionnaire | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4.3 The Interview | 第47-48页 |
| 4.5 The Procedures of the Experiment | 第48-53页 |
| 4.5.1 The Completion of the Pre-test and Pre-questionnaire | 第49页 |
| 4.5.2 The Gradation of the Students in the Experiment Class | 第49-51页 |
| 4.5.3 The Planning of Content of the Reading Materials Used in the Experiment | 第51-52页 |
| 4.5.4 The Design of the Treatments of the EC and CC | 第52-53页 |
| 4.6 A Teaching Case of Experiment Class | 第53-55页 |
| 4.7 Data Collection and Analysis | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第57-75页 |
| 5.1 Results | 第57-71页 |
| 5.1.1 Results of the Questionnaires | 第57-64页 |
| 5.1.2 Results of the Tests | 第64-68页 |
| 5.1.3 Results of the Interviews | 第68-71页 |
| 5.2 Discussion | 第71-74页 |
| 5.2.1 Discussion on the First Research Question | 第71-73页 |
| 5.2.2 Discussion on the Second Research Question | 第73-74页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第75-76页 |
| 6.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第76-77页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study | 第77-78页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for Future Research | 第78-79页 |
| References | 第79-82页 |
| Appendix I | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix II | 第84-96页 |
