| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第17-22页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the study | 第18-20页 |
| ·Overview of the study | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第22-56页 |
| ·Discourse analysis | 第22-40页 |
| ·Definition of discourse analysis | 第22-24页 |
| ·Schools and connotations of discourse analysis | 第24-28页 |
| ·Theoretical basis for discourse analysis | 第28-35页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·Cohesion theory | 第32-35页 |
| ·Two angles of discourse analysis | 第35-39页 |
| ·Micro discourse analysis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Macro discourse analysis | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary of discourse analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reading | 第40-48页 |
| ·Definition of reading | 第40-41页 |
| ·Four levels of reading comprehension | 第41-43页 |
| ·Three models of English reading | 第43-48页 |
| ·Bottom-up model | 第43-44页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第44-45页 |
| ·Interactive-compensatory model | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary of the three models | 第46-48页 |
| ·Previous studies abroad and at home | 第48-56页 |
| ·Previous studies on cohesion theory and reading comprehension | 第49-51页 |
| ·Previous studies on schema theory and reading comprehension | 第51-53页 |
| ·Previous studies on discourse analysis and reading comprehension | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第56-67页 |
| ·Research questions | 第56-57页 |
| ·Participants | 第57页 |
| ·Instruments | 第57-58页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第57-58页 |
| ·Test papers | 第58页 |
| ·Procedure | 第58-66页 |
| ·Pre-experiment | 第58-59页 |
| ·During-experiment | 第59-66页 |
| ·Post-experiment | 第66页 |
| ·Data collection | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussions | 第67-88页 |
| ·Results and discussions of questionnaire | 第67-78页 |
| ·Results and discussions of the first part in the questionnaire | 第71-74页 |
| ·Results and discussions of the second and third part in the questionnaire | 第74-78页 |
| ·Results and discussions of tests | 第78-88页 |
| ·Results and discussions of pretest in EG and CG | 第79-81页 |
| ·Results and discussions of mid-term test in EG and CG | 第81-82页 |
| ·Results and discussions of post-test in EG and CG | 第82-88页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第88-94页 |
| ·Major findings | 第88-90页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第90-92页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第91页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第91-92页 |
| ·Limitations of this research | 第92-93页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第93-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-100页 |
| Appendix | 第100-102页 |
| Resume | 第102页 |
