| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The current situation and deficiencies in the teaching of English reading in China | 第9-10页 |
| ·Text linguistic theories and the teaching of English reading | 第10-11页 |
| ·The organization of the paper | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-20页 |
| ·The development of text linguistics | 第12-13页 |
| ·The application and evaluation of the theory of text linguistics in applied linguistics | 第13-14页 |
| ·The nature of reading and the problems of the teaching of reading to non-English majors at college | 第14-17页 |
| ·The nature of reading | 第14-15页 |
| ·General accepted reading approaches and their application in China | 第15-17页 |
| ·Problems in the traditional view and method of teaching English reading in China | 第17-18页 |
| ·Solution to the problems | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Text linguistic theories related to the teaching of reading | 第20-29页 |
| ·M. A. K. Halliday’s functional approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cohesion and the understanding of text | 第20-21页 |
| ·Thematic structure and understanding of a text | 第21-22页 |
| ·Lexical patterns | 第22页 |
| ·Clausal relationships | 第22-24页 |
| ·Matching relation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Logical sequence relation | 第24页 |
| ·Multiple clause relation | 第24页 |
| ·Text Patterns | 第24-28页 |
| ·Problem-solution pattern | 第25-26页 |
| ·Claim-counterclaim pattern | 第26页 |
| ·Question-answer pattern | 第26-27页 |
| ·General-specific pattern | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Four The application of text linguistic theory to the teaching of reading to non-English majors | 第29-48页 |
| ·Research question | 第29页 |
| ·Research design | 第29页 |
| ·Research subject | 第29-30页 |
| ·Instruments | 第30-31页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第30页 |
| ·Reading tests | 第30-31页 |
| ·Interview | 第31页 |
| ·Procedure | 第31-35页 |
| ·Phase One | 第32页 |
| ·Phase Two | 第32-35页 |
| ·Phase Three | 第35页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion | 第35-48页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion of Questionnaire | 第35-39页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion of Interview | 第39-43页 |
| ·Analysis and Discussion of Reading Test | 第43-46页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary of the research | 第48页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第48-49页 |
| ·Teaching vocabulary and grammar from the perspective of text linguistics | 第48-49页 |
| ·Teaching text as a unified one | 第49页 |
| ·Training the students on reading skills | 第49页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix II Pre-test | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix III Post-test | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix IV Reading Material | 第64-65页 |
