| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| ·Background of study | 第14-19页 |
| ·purpose of study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Structure of thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-50页 |
| ·Scaffolding instruction | 第22-35页 |
| ·Origins and definitions of scaffolding instruction | 第23-28页 |
| ·The components and guidelines of scaffolding instruction | 第28-31页 |
| ·Techniques of scaffolding instruction | 第31-34页 |
| ·Advantages and disadvantages of scaffolding instruction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Review of reading teaching | 第35-46页 |
| ·The goals of reading teaching | 第37-39页 |
| ·The problems of reading teaching | 第39-41页 |
| ·Models of reading process | 第41-45页 |
| ·The scaffolding instruction and reading teaching | 第45-46页 |
| ·Issues about large class teaching | 第46-50页 |
| ·Problems in large English class teaching | 第47-48页 |
| ·Solutions for large English class teaching | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第50-70页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第52-53页 |
| ·Instruments | 第53-54页 |
| ·Application of Scaffolding Instruction to Reading | 第54-65页 |
| ·Offering the scaffold | 第55-57页 |
| ·Entering the situation | 第57-59页 |
| ·Independent Exploration | 第59-60页 |
| ·Cooperation study | 第60-62页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第62-65页 |
| ·A Teaching Case | 第65-70页 |
| Chapter Four Data & Results Presentation and Discussion | 第70-88页 |
| ·Data from questionnaires | 第70-75页 |
| ·Pre-questionnaire data | 第70-74页 |
| ·Post-questionnaire data | 第74-75页 |
| ·Data from pre-test & post-test | 第75-80页 |
| ·Data from pre-test | 第76-78页 |
| ·Data from post-test | 第78-80页 |
| ·Analyses of the interviews | 第80-83页 |
| ·Answers to the research questions | 第83-88页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第88-91页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第88-90页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第90-91页 |
| References | 第91-96页 |
| Appendices | 第96-122页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire | 第96-98页 |
| Appendix 2 Outline of the Interview | 第98页 |
| Appendix 3 Pretest | 第98-107页 |
| Appendix 4 Posttest | 第107-115页 |
| Appendix 5 The comparison of pre-questionnaire and post-questionnaire | 第115-117页 |
| Appendix 6 Score report | 第117-119页 |
| Appendix 7 Text 1 | 第119-121页 |
| Appendix 8 Text 2 | 第121-122页 |
