| Introduction | 第1-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Key research questions and factors to be investigated | 第19-24页 |
| ·Key research questions | 第19页 |
| ·Factors to be investigated | 第19-24页 |
| ·Knowledge explosion and information revolution make it vital to read | 第19-20页 |
| ·English is the most widely used language | 第20-21页 |
| ·Learning to read is the goal of the majority of English learners in China | 第21页 |
| ·It is through reading that most English learners in China have been learning English | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Rationale of the present research: A review of some representative theories of reading | 第24-44页 |
| ·L2 Learning process: An information-processing approach | 第24-29页 |
| ·Limited human processing capacity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Controlled and automatic processing | 第25-27页 |
| ·Workload | 第27-28页 |
| ·Restructuring | 第28页 |
| ·Summary in relation to research on applying text linguistics to reading | 第28-29页 |
| ·The definition of reading | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Comprehension of Written Language | 第31-41页 |
| ·Visual Information and Non-visual Information | 第31-32页 |
| ·The process of reading (schema theory) | 第32-41页 |
| ·The main ways of reading | 第41页 |
| ·Skills involved in reading | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary and comments on the previous sections | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 3 The history and current situation of teaching methods in China | 第44-48页 |
| ·The history of teaching methods in China | 第44页 |
| ·The current situation of English teaching in China | 第44-46页 |
| ·Results of the questionnaire and conclusions | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Text linguistics and seven standards of textuality | 第48-57页 |
| ·What is a text? | 第48-49页 |
| ·What is text linguistics? | 第49-57页 |
| ·A brief history of text linguistics | 第49-55页 |
| ·Seven standards of textuality | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 What text linguistics suggests about the teaching of reading in China's high schools | 第57-76页 |
| ·What thematic structure suggests about the teaching of reading | 第58-64页 |
| ·Theme and thematic structure | 第58-61页 |
| ·What thematic structure suggests about the teaching of reading | 第61-64页 |
| ·What informativity suggests about the teaching of reading | 第64-67页 |
| ·Informativity | 第64页 |
| ·Upgrading and downgrading | 第64-66页 |
| ·What informativity suggests about the teaching of reading | 第66-67页 |
| ·What situationality suggests about the teaching of reading: A contextual perspective | 第67-74页 |
| ·Coherence and implicature | 第67-68页 |
| ·Context | 第68-69页 |
| ·What the context suggests about the teaching of reading-construction and reconstruction of the context and prediction | 第69-74页 |
| ·Conclusions and recommendations | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 6 Apply the results of the research to the teaching of reading | 第76-86页 |
| ·Using authentic texts | 第76-77页 |
| ·How to prepare reading comprehension exercises | 第77-80页 |
| ·Examples of applying text linguistics to the teaching of reading in high schools in China | 第80-85页 |
| ·Recommendations For Comprehension Exercises | 第85-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-93页 |
| Appendix | 第93-95页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第95-100页 |
