| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Significance of reading ability in EFL teaching | 第13-14页 |
| ·Problems of EFL reading instruction in China | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Overall structure of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Summary | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-30页 |
| ·English reading ability and assessment | 第17-21页 |
| ·The definition of English reading ability-dividable or unitary | 第17-19页 |
| ·Taking English reading ability as unitary | 第17-18页 |
| ·Taking English reading ability as dividable | 第18-19页 |
| ·The author's definition of English reading ability | 第19页 |
| ·Assessment of English reading ability | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cohesion theory | 第21-28页 |
| ·The concept of text | 第21-22页 |
| ·Cohesive devices | 第22-26页 |
| ·Overt cohesion | 第23-24页 |
| ·Covert cohesion | 第24-26页 |
| ·Previous studies on cohesion theory abroad | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous studies on cohesion theory in China | 第27-28页 |
| ·English reading ability and cohesion theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design and Process | 第30-40页 |
| ·The training model of textual cohesion theory | 第30-34页 |
| ·Research questions | 第34页 |
| ·Subject and experiment conditions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Instruments | 第35-39页 |
| ·English reading ability assessment form | 第36页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第36-37页 |
| ·Test | 第37-38页 |
| ·Pretest | 第37页 |
| ·Posttest | 第37-38页 |
| ·A Pilot Study | 第38页 |
| ·Interviews | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Collection and Results Analysis | 第40-51页 |
| ·The results of the questionnaire | 第40-43页 |
| ·The results of the reading tests | 第43-48页 |
| ·The results of Independent-Samples T-test between two groups in pretest and posttest | 第43-44页 |
| ·The results of Independent-Samples T-test among different subskills in the posttest | 第44-47页 |
| ·The results of Paired-Samples T-test | 第47-48页 |
| ·The comparison of EG in the pretest and posttest | 第47页 |
| ·The comparison of CG in the pretest and posttest | 第47-48页 |
| ·The results of the teacher's interview | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implications and suggestions | 第52-54页 |
| ·Limitations and further study | 第54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-60页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire | 第60-61页 |
