| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| Needs for doing this study | 第11页 |
| The importance of input of reading | 第11-13页 |
| Difficulties of getting input of reading | 第13-16页 |
| Present studies | 第16-17页 |
| Significance of the study | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-33页 |
| ·Definition of comprehensible input and reading proficiency | 第18-19页 |
| ·Krashen's Input Hypothesis | 第19-22页 |
| ·The evidence supporting the Input Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·What is the Input Hypothesis | 第20-21页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Input | 第21-22页 |
| ·Adjustments of Krashen's input hypothesis in this study | 第22页 |
| ·Relevant Studies | 第22-33页 |
| ·Overseas Studies | 第23-28页 |
| ·Domestic Studies | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Two Relationship Between Quantity of Reading and Reading Proficiency | 第33-54页 |
| ·Methodology | 第33-46页 |
| ·Participants | 第33-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Collection of reading materials | 第35-45页 |
| ·Different opinions about simplicity and authenticity | 第35-38页 |
| ·Criterion for choosing reading material | 第38-45页 |
| ·Procedures of the experiment | 第45-46页 |
| ·Experiment | 第46-51页 |
| ·Preparations before the experiment | 第46页 |
| ·Test | 第46-48页 |
| ·Results of the experiment | 第48-49页 |
| ·Observations | 第49-51页 |
| ·Discussion | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Three Implications for Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China | 第54-57页 |
| ·Some insights from Krashen's input theory | 第54-55页 |
| ·The choice of reading materials | 第55-56页 |
| ·The combination of audio-input and visual-input | 第56-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Published Articles | 第67-68页 |
