| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Need for the Research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-31页 |
| ·Related theoretical issues | 第19-23页 |
| ·Working Memory Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第23页 |
| ·Related Empirical Studies | 第23-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Effects of Working Memory Capacity onL2 Learners’ Reading Comprehension | 第24-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Effects of Topic Familiarity on L2Learners’ Reading Comprehension | 第26-28页 |
| ·Limitations in the Previous Studies | 第28-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第31-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Research Design | 第31-35页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第31-32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-35页 |
| ·Topic Familiarity Questionnaire | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reading Span Test | 第33页 |
| ·Multiple Choice Test | 第33-34页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Recall Test | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第37-51页 |
| ·Results | 第37-44页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics for Topic Familiarity Questionnaire | 第37-38页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics for Reading Span Test | 第38-40页 |
| ·Results of a Mixed ANOVA | 第40-44页 |
| ·Interaction between Working Memory Capacity and TopicFamiliarity on Multiple Choice Test | 第40-43页 |
| ·Interaction between Working Memory Capacity and TopicFamiliarity on Recall Test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary of the Results | 第44页 |
| ·Discussion | 第44-51页 |
| ·The Effect of Topic Familiarity on L2 Learners' ReadingComprehension Ability | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Effect of Working Memory Capacity on L2 Learners' ReadingComprehension Ability | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Interaction Effect of Topic Familiarity and Working MemoryCapacity on L2 Learners' Reading Comprehension Ability | 第47-51页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第51-57页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implications | 第52-54页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第52-53页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第53页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第54-57页 |
| REFERENCES | 第57-65页 |
| APPENDIX | 第65-79页 |
