| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter Two A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Reading Comprehension Process | 第10-16页 |
| 2．1 Analysis of the Basic Reading Process | 第10-13页 |
| 2．2 Several Categories in the Reading Process | 第13-15页 |
| 2．2．1 The Roles of Writer, Reader and the Written Text | 第13-14页 |
| 2．2．2 The Relationship Between an Understanding of the Parts and a Global Understanding | 第14-15页 |
| 2．2．3 The Integration of Reading Speed and Accuracy of Understanding | 第15页 |
| 2．3 What Is an Effective Reader? | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Three The Textual Metafunction Applied in EFL Reading Teaching | 第16-37页 |
| 3．1 An Overview of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第16-23页 |
| 3．1．1 The Theoretic Sources of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第16-17页 |
| 3．1．2 The Core Ideas of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第17-22页 |
| 3．1．2．1 Metafunctional Idea | 第18-19页 |
| 3．1．2．2 Systemic Idea | 第19-20页 |
| 3．1．2．3 Stratificational Idea | 第20-21页 |
| 3．1．2．4 Functional Idea | 第21页 |
| 3．1．2．5 Contextual Idea | 第21-22页 |
| 3．1．3 The Relevance of Systemic Functional Grammar to EFL Reading Teaching | 第22-23页 |
| 3．2 The Textual Metafunction and the Teaching of EFL Reading | 第23-37页 |
| 3．2．1 Thematic Structure and the Teaching of EFL Reading | 第23-29页 |
| 3．2．2 Information Structure and the Teaching of EFL Reading | 第29-30页 |
| 3．2．3 Cohesion and the Teaching of EFL Reading | 第30-37页 |
| 3．2．3．1 Reference | 第31-32页 |
| 3．2．3．2 Substitution and Ellipsis | 第32-34页 |
| 3．2．3．3 Conjunction | 第34页 |
| 3．2．3．4 Lexical Cohesion | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four Context Theory Applied in the Teaching of EFL Reading | 第37-48页 |
| 4．1 A Brief Review of the Development of Contextual Theory | 第37-40页 |
| 4．2 Halliday's Register Theory | 第40-43页 |
| 4．3 Context Theory Applied in EFL Reading Teaching | 第43-48页 |
| 4．3．1 Context Used to Make Prediction | 第43-46页 |
| 4．3．2 Context Used to Make Inferences | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five An Experimental Study | 第48-51页 |
| 5．1 The Aim of the Experiment | 第48页 |
| 5．2 The Method of the Experiment | 第48-49页 |
| 5．2．1 Subjects | 第48-49页 |
| 5．2．2 Procedure | 第49页 |
| 5．3 Results and Discussion | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-54页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第57-60页 |
