| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10页 |
| A brief introduction of reading | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Two Traditional Reading Theories | 第13-17页 |
| 2．1． The essence of reading | 第13页 |
| 2．2． The importance of reading theories or reading models | 第13-14页 |
| 2．3． The traditional reading models | 第14-15页 |
| 2．4． The defects of traditional reading models | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Three The Transactional Reading Model and the development of reading skills | 第17-38页 |
| 3．1． The quality of reading: positive or negative ? | 第17页 |
| 3．2． The Transactional Reading Model | 第17-18页 |
| 3．3． The demarcation line between the Transactional Reading Model and the traditional reading model | 第18-20页 |
| 3．4． The levels of the reading——According to the Transactional Reading Model | 第20-25页 |
| 3．4．1． Literal comprehension and the importance of the latter three levels | 第20-21页 |
| 3．4．2． The deductive comprehension | 第21-23页 |
| 3．4．3． The appraising comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| 3．4．4． The appreciative comprehension | 第24-25页 |
| 3．4．5． A brief summary of the four level of reading | 第25页 |
| 3．5． The main factors that affect the improvement of reading abilities | 第25-26页 |
| 3．6． The cultivation of reading skills under the Transactional Reading Model | 第26-38页 |
| 3．6．1． Using context clues | 第26-28页 |
| 3．6．1．1． Building the students' vocabulary | 第26-27页 |
| 3．6．1．2． Using context clues | 第27-28页 |
| 3．6．2． Main ideas | 第28-30页 |
| 3．6．3． Details | 第30-31页 |
| 3．6．4． Signal words | 第31-32页 |
| 3．6．5． Inferences | 第32-33页 |
| 3．6．6． Critical reading | 第33-34页 |
| 3．6．7． Rate | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Four Contrast of reading speed and reading efficiency of the conventional reading theory and the Transactional Reading Model | 第38-55页 |
| 4．1． What is effective reading ? | 第38-39页 |
| 4．1．1． The relationship between reading speed and efficiency of speed | 第38页 |
| 4．1．2． What is effective reading ? | 第38-39页 |
| 4．2． How to speed up reading ? | 第39-41页 |
| 4．2．1． The factors that affect reading speed | 第39页 |
| 4．2．2． What if read faster and the rate of correctness falls ? | 第39页 |
| 4．2．3． Methods to speed up reading ? | 第39-40页 |
| 4．2．4． Some aspects should be noted when training the students' fast reading ability | 第40-41页 |
| 4．3． My first two tests | 第41-45页 |
| 4．3．1． Faulty reading habits found during these tests | 第43-44页 |
| 4．3．2． My efforts —— the first stage of experiments | 第44-45页 |
| 4．4． The mid-term tests | 第45页 |
| 4．5． A summary of the first-stage experiments | 第45-50页 |
| 4．5．1． Three kinds of words —— according to the Transactional Reading Model | 第46-47页 |
| 4．5．2． Another rule of the Transactional Reading Model on words —— learning to ignore difficult words | 第47-48页 |
| 4．5．3． What make words difficult ? | 第48-50页 |
| 4．6． The second stage of experiments | 第50页 |
| 4．7． My last tests | 第50-54页 |
| 4．8． Operating rules of the Transactional Reading Model | 第54页 |
| 4．9． The superiority of the Transactional Reading Model | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-74页 |
