| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第14-22页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Halliday's Meta-function Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Concept of Metadiscourse | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Functions and Types of Metadiscourse | 第17-22页 |
| ·Review of Previous Studies | 第22-27页 |
| ·Studies on Metadiscourse with Respect to Culture | 第22-24页 |
| ·Studies on Metadiscourse with Respect to Pedagogy | 第24-27页 |
| ·Metadiscourse and Writing | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metadiscourse and Listening | 第25-26页 |
| ·Metadiscourse and Reading | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Two A Modified Framework of Metadiscourse Based on Vande Kopple's Model | 第28-34页 |
| ·Problems Unsolved Concerning Concepts and Classification | 第28-29页 |
| ·Macro-Metadiscourse | 第29-31页 |
| ·Micro-Metadiscourse | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第34-41页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34页 |
| ·Participants | 第34-35页 |
| ·Instruments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Teaching Syllabus Designed for the Present Study | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第41-54页 |
| ·Results | 第41-47页 |
| ·Comparison of Scores of Different Versions of the Same Test | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Results of the Original and the Modified Macro-Metadiscourse-Free Texts | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Results of the Original and the Modified Micro-Metadiscourse-Free Texts | 第42-43页 |
| ·Comparison of Scores of EC and CC | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Results for the Pre-tests of EC and CC | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Results for the Post-tests of EC and CC | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Results for the Pre- and Post-tests of EC and CC | 第45-47页 |
| ·Discussion | 第47-53页 |
| ·Effects of Metadiscourse on Text Comprehensibility | 第47-50页 |
| ·Effects of Macro-metadiscourse on Reading Comprehension | 第47-48页 |
| ·Effects of Micro-metadiscourse on Reading Comprehension | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Positive Influence of Direct Teaching of Metadiscourse on Students' Reading Comprehension Ability | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Effectiveness of PPP Model on Metadiscourse Teaching | 第51-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| Mjaor Findings and Pedagogieal ImPlieations | 第54-56页 |
| Limitations | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Original Version | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Macro-metadiscourse-free Version | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Micrometadiscourse-free Text | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Scores for Three Versions of the Same Text | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Scores for Pre- and Post-tests | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-82页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第82-83页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第83页 |