| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Lists of Figures and Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Description of current EFL practice in the local situation of the present study | 第12-16页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第16-17页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第17-22页 |
| ·Towards the definition of reading and its purposes | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous research into extensive reading abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous research into extensive reading in China | 第20-22页 |
| 3. Rationale for this study | 第22-30页 |
| ·The Input Hypothesis and the Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第22-24页 |
| ·Theoretical studies on EFL reading | 第24-30页 |
| 4. Extensive reading as input for senior school EFL learners | 第30-40页 |
| ·Priority of reading | 第30-31页 |
| ·Intensive reading and extensive reading | 第31-33页 |
| ·Reading in class | 第33-38页 |
| ·Reading after class | 第38-40页 |
| 5. The present study | 第40-55页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第40页 |
| ·Research subjects and procedures | 第40-42页 |
| ·Results and data analyses | 第42-51页 |
| ·Discussion | 第51-54页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第54-55页 |
| 6. Implications | 第55-57页 |
| ·Implications for EFL learning and teaching | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix | 第61-66页 |
