| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-14页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第14-15页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-23页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Difficulties in Reading of College Students | 第18-19页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第19-21页 |
| ·Objects of the Study | 第21页 |
| ·Outline of the Study | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第23-48页 |
| ·Theories on Working Memory | 第23-34页 |
| ·Introduction of Working Memory | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Definition of Working Memory | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Definitions of Short-term Memory and Long-term Memory,the Differences among Working Memory, Short-term Memory and Long-term Memory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Measurement of Working Memory Capacity | 第27-28页 |
| ·Information-processing Theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·Overview of Information-processing Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Information-processing Model | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Capacity Theory of Sentence Comprehension | 第32-34页 |
| ·Lexical approach | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Introduction of Lexical Approach | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Influence of Lexical Approach on Reading Comprehension | 第36-37页 |
| ·College English Reading Comprehension | 第37-39页 |
| ·Studies Abroad and Home | 第39-48页 |
| ·Studies on Working Memory | 第39-42页 |
| ·Studies on the Relation between Working Memory and Lexical Approach | 第42-44页 |
| ·Studies on the Relation between Working Memory and Reading Comprehension | 第44-45页 |
| ·Studies on the Relation between Lexical Approach and Reading Comprehension | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第48-57页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第48页 |
| ·Research Design | 第48-57页 |
| ·Participants | 第48-49页 |
| ·Instruments | 第49-51页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第49页 |
| ·Tests | 第49-51页 |
| ·Procedures | 第51-55页 |
| ·Pre-tests | 第51页 |
| ·Design—Detailed Procedures of Instruction | 第51-55页 |
| ·Post-tests | 第55页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第57-71页 |
| ·Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第57-59页 |
| ·Reliability of the Questionnaire | 第57-58页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaire | 第58-59页 |
| ·Analysis of Tests | 第59-68页 |
| ·General Description of the Results | 第59-62页 |
| ·Results of Reading Span Tests | 第59-60页 |
| ·Results of Reading Comprehension Tests | 第60-61页 |
| ·Correlations between Working Memory Capacity and Reading Comprehension Ability | 第61-62页 |
| ·Comparison between the Pre-experimental and the Post-experimental Results | 第62-64页 |
| ·Paired Sample Test of Working Memory Capacity | 第62-63页 |
| ·Paired Sample Test of Reading Comprehension Ability | 第63-64页 |
| ·Comparison between the Pre- and Post- Results of the Two Groups | 第64-68页 |
| ·Independent Sample Test of Working Memory Capacity | 第64-66页 |
| ·Independent Sample Test of Reading Comprehension Ability | 第66-68页 |
| ·Discussion of the Results | 第68-71页 |
| ·Discussion of the Questionnaire | 第68-69页 |
| ·Discussion of the Tests | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第72-73页 |
| ·Limitations of Present Research | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendices | 第79-80页 |
