| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第8-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-23页 |
| ·Background Information | 第15-21页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第23-39页 |
| ·Picture Books | 第23-26页 |
| ·Definition of Picture Books | 第23-24页 |
| ·Characteristics of Picture Books | 第24-25页 |
| ·Educational Values of Picture Books | 第25-26页 |
| ·Picture Books with Language Development | 第26-29页 |
| ·Learning Motivation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Meaningful Context | 第27页 |
| ·Four Skills of Language | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cultural Awareness | 第28-29页 |
| ·Picture Books with Language Teaching | 第29-31页 |
| ·Selection Criteria | 第29-30页 |
| ·Integrated Activities with Picture Books | 第30-31页 |
| ·Language Input Hypothesis | 第31-33页 |
| ·Comprehensibility | 第31-32页 |
| ·Interestingness and Relevance | 第32页 |
| ·Ungrammatical Sequence | 第32-33页 |
| ·Sufficient Input | 第33页 |
| ·Cognitive Theory | 第33-36页 |
| ·Primary School Students’ Cognitive Features | 第33-34页 |
| ·Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development | 第34-36页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Types of Schema | 第36-37页 |
| ·Linguistic Schemata | 第36页 |
| ·Formal Schemata | 第36-37页 |
| ·Content Schemata | 第37页 |
| ·Studies on Using Picture Books in EFL Classrooms | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第39-45页 |
| ·Research Design | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Subjects of the Research | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Objects of the Research | 第40-41页 |
| ·Methods of the Experiment | 第41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41-43页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第41页 |
| ·Post-test | 第41页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第41-42页 |
| ·Questionnaires for Teachers | 第42页 |
| ·Questionnaire for Students | 第42页 |
| ·Interview | 第42页 |
| ·Observation | 第42页 |
| ·Statistical Method for Data Analyzing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research Issues and Hypotheses | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Analysis | 第45-67页 |
| ·Experimental Results | 第45-55页 |
| ·Experiment 1—Compared with Plain Texts, theImprovement of Reading Efficiency Improved by PB is MoreRemarkable. | 第45-49页 |
| ·Briefly Introduction of the Teaching Experimental Process | 第45-46页 |
| ·Data Collection and Description of Results | 第46-48页 |
| ·Comprehensive Analysis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Experiment 2—To Complete the Whole PB Reading all atOnce in Unit Time, then Review and Reinforce in the ThreePeriods Remaining is More Beneficial to Improve Students’Reading Efficiency | 第49-51页 |
| ·Briefly Introduction of the Teaching Experimental Process | 第49页 |
| ·Data Collection and Description of Results | 第49-50页 |
| ·Comprehensive Analysis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Experiment 3—Wording Teaching Combines with RealSituation and Context is More Conductive to Improve Students’Reading Efficiency | 第51-53页 |
| ·Briefly Introduction of the Teaching Experimental Process | 第51-52页 |
| ·Data Collection and Description of Results | 第52页 |
| ·Comprehensive Analysis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Experiment 4—The Addition of Reading Strategies in TheReading Teaching Notably Improves Students’ ReadingEfficiency | 第53-55页 |
| ·Briefly Introduction of the Teaching Experimental Process | 第53-54页 |
| ·Data Collection and Description of Results | 第54-55页 |
| ·Comprehensive Analysis | 第55页 |
| ·Analysis of Experimental Results | 第55-67页 |
| ·The Orientation of Selecting English Picture Books as Teaching Aids | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Themes and Plots of Stories | 第57页 |
| ·The Language Features and Language Complexity of Stories | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Illustrations of Stories | 第58页 |
| ·The Supporting Teaching Resources of Stories | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Basic Teaching Models Used in English Picture Books Reading | 第59-63页 |
| ·Warming Up | 第59页 |
| ·Reading the Story | 第59页 |
| ·Follow on Activities | 第59-63页 |
| ·Teaching Strategies for English Picture Books Reading | 第63-65页 |
| ·Value Students’ Subjectivity; Adhere to the Sharing Principle instead ofInstruction | 第63页 |
| ·Using the Strategies of Guess and Prediction to Help Reading | 第63-65页 |
| ·Reading Story in Different Forms to Cultivate Linguistic Competence | 第65页 |
| ·Reviews and Reinforces | 第65页 |
| ·Integration of English Picture Books and English Text Books | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Choice of English Picture Books is Based on the Modules, Teaching Themes and Target Language in Text Books | 第66页 |
| ·Regard English Picture Books as the Review and Extension of Text Books | 第66页 |
| ·Choose Partial Content of Picture Books as Daily Teaching Materials | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第67-69页 |
| ·English Picture Books accord with Primary Scholars’ Cognitive Characteristics That Could Be Applied in English Reading to Improve Students’ Reading Efficiency | 第67-68页 |
| ·As Teaching Aid English Picture Books Fit into Primary School’English Teaching through Been Integrated with Textbook to Achieve Maximum Teaching Effects | 第68-69页 |
| ·The Selection Criteria for Picture Books is Based on No Excessive Burden on Students | 第69页 |
| ·Picture Books with Proper Teaching Strategies and Skills are Conductive Improving Students’ Reading Efficiency | 第69页 |
| ·Challenges in Picture Book Instruction | 第69-71页 |
| ·Large-scale Class | 第70页 |
| ·Time-limited Teaching Process | 第70页 |
| ·Time Consumption in Preparation | 第70-71页 |
| ·Insufficiency of Multimedia Equipments | 第71页 |
| ·Insufficient Picture Books | 第71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Thesis and Suggestions for Further Study | 第71-73页 |
| ·Limitations of Objects and Research Method | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of Reading Form | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
| Appendix1 Interview as Pre-test and Post-test | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix2 Higher-grade Students’ Reading Situation | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix3 Primary School Teachers’ Teaching Beliefs and Attitude toward English Reading Teaching | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix4 The Factors Affect the Effective Development of English Reading Teaching in Higher-grade | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix5 Post-test of Brown Bear | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix6 Post-test of Dreams | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix7 Post-test for experiment 2 | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix8 Post-test for experiment 3 | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix9 Post-test for experiment 4 | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix10 Post-test for The Angry Old Woman | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix11 Pre-test | 第89-93页 |
| Appendix12 Favorite Book | 第93-94页 |
| Appendix13 Reading Strategies | 第94-95页 |
| Appendix14 Classroom Observation | 第95页 |
