| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·A general description of the study | 第9页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Overall sructure of the thesis | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第12-30页 |
| ·Conceptual definitions of key terms | 第12-19页 |
| ·Theoretical perspectives in this study | 第19-26页 |
| ·Functional perspective | 第20-24页 |
| ·Rhetorical perspective | 第24-25页 |
| ·Grammatical perspective | 第25-26页 |
| ·An overview of previous studies | 第26-30页 |
| 3. Methodology | 第30-44页 |
| ·Research questions | 第30页 |
| ·Research designs | 第30-44页 |
| ·Quantitative design | 第30-41页 |
| ·Qualitative design | 第41-44页 |
| 4. Results and Discussions | 第44-52页 |
| ·A quantitative study of the effect of text connective-oriented instruction on students’reading proficiency | 第44-45页 |
| ·A qualitative study on students’responses to text connective-oriented instruction | 第45-50页 |
| ·Positive attitudes towards text connective-oriented instruction | 第45-49页 |
| ·Negative attitudes towards text connective-oriented instruction | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussions of the research | 第50-52页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Major findings | 第52页 |
| ·Implications to English teaching | 第52-54页 |
| ·Raising students’awareness of text connectives | 第52-53页 |
| ·Introducing text connectives in a practical and suitable way | 第53-54页 |
| ·Teaching text connectives in proper context, not in isolation | 第54页 |
| ·Limitations for the research | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliogoraphy | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59-61页 |
