| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Summary | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two General Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·The Review of the Studies Abroad | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Review of the Studies in China | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Whole Language Movement | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Background of the Whole Language Movement | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Whole Language Movement | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Whole Language Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·What Is the Whole Language | 第19-21页 |
| ·Features of the Whole Language | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Whole Language Approach and Teaching Principles | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Whole Language Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Teaching Principles of the Whole Language Approach | 第24-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three The Whole Language and Reading | 第28-40页 |
| ·The Nature of Reading | 第28-33页 |
| ·Reading as a Cognitive Process | 第29-30页 |
| ·Reading as a Constructive Process | 第30页 |
| ·Reading as an Interactive Process | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reading as a Social Process | 第31-32页 |
| ·Reading as a Strategic Process | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reading Models and the Whole Language | 第33-36页 |
| ·Bottom-up Model | 第34页 |
| ·Top-down Model | 第34-35页 |
| ·Interactive Model | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension | 第36-39页 |
| ·Background Knowledge and Reading Comprehension | 第37页 |
| ·Ways to Develop Background Knowledge | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Whole Language and Reading Teaching | 第40-50页 |
| ·Major Differences between the Traditional Teaching and the Whole Language Teaching | 第40-44页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Whole Language Class | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Role of Teachers | 第43-44页 |
| ·Teaching Reading Integrally with Other Language Skills | 第44页 |
| ·The Relations between Four Skills | 第44-46页 |
| ·Reading and Listening | 第45页 |
| ·Reading and Writing | 第45-46页 |
| ·Reading and Speaking | 第46页 |
| ·Necessity to Integrate the Four Skills | 第46-47页 |
| ·Ways to Integrate the Four Skills in Teaching | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Implications for Teaching Reading | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Five An Integrative Model of Teaching Reading | 第50-63页 |
| ·Teaching Activities in the Whole Language Class | 第50-52页 |
| ·An Integrative Model of Teaching Reading | 第52-61页 |
| ·Pre-reading | 第52-55页 |
| ·While-reading | 第55-57页 |
| ·Post-reading | 第57-59页 |
| ·Follow-up | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
