| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| ·China’s foreign language education | 第10-11页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Value of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Definitions of key terms | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| ·History of reading research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Characteristics and defining features of reading | 第17-18页 |
| ·The reading process | 第18-19页 |
| ·Reading comprehension | 第19-23页 |
| ·Bottom-up theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Top-down theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Interactive theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Reading comprehension strategies | 第23-24页 |
| ·Differences between good and poor readers | 第24-26页 |
| ·Fostering success in reading comprehension and the use of reading comprehension strategies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Problems with Chinese EFL learners | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three An Exploratory Study on Reading Strategy Instruction | 第30-38页 |
| ·Reading strategy instruction | 第30-34页 |
| ·Types of strategies | 第34-38页 |
| ·Guessing the meaning of unknown words and phrases | 第34-35页 |
| ·Skimming for main ideass/distinguishing between main ideas and supporting details | 第35-36页 |
| ·Background knowledge | 第36-37页 |
| ·Group learning | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four An Experiment on Reading Strategy Instruction | 第38-41页 |
| ·Data collection methods | 第38-39页 |
| ·Setting and Subjects | 第39页 |
| ·Materials | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five Results from the Quantitative Data | 第41-52页 |
| ·Topical coverage | 第41-42页 |
| ·Skill coverage | 第42页 |
| ·Question types | 第42-44页 |
| ·Statistical analysis | 第44-52页 |
| ·Frequency distribution | 第44-45页 |
| ·Measures of central tendency (Mean, Median, Mode) | 第45-46页 |
| ·Measures of central tendency of Class A | 第45页 |
| ·Measures of central tendency of Class B | 第45-46页 |
| ·Measures of dispersion (Range, Standard deviation) | 第46-52页 |
| ·Measures of dispersion of Class A | 第46-48页 |
| ·Measures of dispersion of Class B | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Six Results from the Qualitative Data | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第55页 |
| ·Limitations | 第55-56页 |
| ·Recommendations for future research | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix I Supplementary reading materials | 第58-69页 |
| Appendix II An Achievement Test (Reading Part) | 第69-75页 |
| Appendix III Interview | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-83页 |
