| Abstract(Chinese) | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第3-5页 |
| Synopsis(Chinese) | 第5-7页 |
| Synopsis(English) | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·English reading class in contemporary Chinese senior schools | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Inquiry learning and its theoretical assumptions | 第14-26页 |
| ·Definition of inquiry learning | 第14-15页 |
| ·Development of inquiry learning | 第15-17页 |
| ·Rationale of inquiry learning | 第17-21页 |
| ·Characteristics of inquiry learning | 第21-24页 |
| ·Four typical operating models in inquiry learning | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 English reading and basic reading models | 第26-36页 |
| ·Definitions of reading | 第26-27页 |
| ·Reading competence | 第27页 |
| ·Reading process | 第27-29页 |
| ·Some traditional models of teaching reading | 第29-32页 |
| ·Traditional teaching model and its major defects | 第32页 |
| ·The necessity of inquiry learning in the teaching of English reading | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Application of inquiry learning in English reading teaching | 第36-52页 |
| ·Inquiry reading in workshop | 第36-40页 |
| ·Topic inquiry in reading | 第40-46页 |
| ·21st Century Newspaper aiding inquiry reading teaching | 第46-49页 |
| ·Inquiry -extensive reading teaching | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Research design of the present study | 第52-67页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第52页 |
| ·Instruments | 第52页 |
| ·The research procedure | 第52-53页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion | 第53-58页 |
| ·Findings from the questionnaires and discussion | 第58-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第72-80页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第80-92页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第93-94页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第94-96页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第96页 |
