| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research questions | 第10页 |
| ·Research methods and results | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 A Literature Review of Affective Teaching in Foreign Language or Second Language | 第12-27页 |
| ·The definition of "affect" | 第12-13页 |
| ·The definition of self-esteem and other relevant terms | 第13-15页 |
| ·The literature review of affective language teaching | 第15-19页 |
| ·The relevant research of self-esteem | 第19-26页 |
| ·The effect of students' self-esteem | 第20-23页 |
| ·How does the students' self-esteem develop? | 第23-24页 |
| ·How to improve the students' self-esteem? | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3 A Survey of Low Achievers' Self-esteem and the Analysis of their Reading Level | 第27-38页 |
| ·The planning process | 第27页 |
| ·The performance | 第27-28页 |
| ·A survey of low achievers' self-esteem and reading level | 第28-36页 |
| ·The level of the low achievers' self-esteem and its effects | 第28-29页 |
| ·Low achievers' reading needs | 第29-31页 |
| ·Grades of the low achievers in English learning | 第31-33页 |
| ·The low achievers' starting level of reading tests | 第33-36页 |
| ·Timed-reading: FREDA Tests | 第33-35页 |
| ·Untimed-reading tests | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Application of self-esteem to reading teaching | 第38-61页 |
| ·Necessity of reading teaching | 第38页 |
| ·Purposes of reading teaching | 第38-40页 |
| ·What to be taught? | 第40-41页 |
| ·How to build up the low achievers' self-esteem in reading teaching? | 第41-54页 |
| ·Dealing with vocabulary | 第42-44页 |
| ·Dealing with long and complex sentences by using grammar | 第44-46页 |
| ·Employing reading skills for different types of reading material | 第46-49页 |
| ·Improving comprehension skills | 第49-53页 |
| ·Improving reading speed | 第53-54页 |
| ·The analysis of the results about the teaching of reading | 第54-59页 |
| ·Timed-reading tests | 第54-57页 |
| ·Untimed-reading tests | 第57-58页 |
| ·Final examination | 第58-59页 |
| ·The development of low achievers' self-esteem after the teaching of reading | 第59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and Future Research Directions | 第61-64页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第61-63页 |
| ·Limitations | 第63页 |
| ·Future research directions | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-69页 |
