| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Importance of Reading | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Current Situation of College English Reading Teaching | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Importance of Teaching Metadiscourse in College English Reading Teaching | 第15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Theoretical Significance | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Practical Significance | 第16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Metadiscourse | 第18-23页 |
| ·Metadiscourse and Discourse | 第19-22页 |
| ·Metadiscourse and Reading | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies Abroad and at Home | 第23-32页 |
| ·Studies Abroad on Reading from the Perspective of Metadiscourse | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第27-30页 |
| ·Comments on the Studies Abroad and at Home | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第32-46页 |
| ·The Principle of Metadiscourse | 第33-41页 |
| ·Distinction from Propositional Aspects of Discourse | 第34-35页 |
| ·Expression of Writer-reader Interactions | 第35-38页 |
| ·Distinction between External and Internal Relations | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Adopted Classification of Metadiscourse | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Interactive Dimension | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Interactional Dimension | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第46-56页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Research Design | 第46-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第46-47页 |
| ·Instruments | 第47-49页 |
| ·Instructional Treatment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第50-53页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Special Treatment of Experimental Group | 第51-53页 |
| ·Post-test | 第53页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第53页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第53-54页 |
| ·Tools of Analysis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第56-75页 |
| ·Test Results and Discussion | 第56-66页 |
| ·The Result of Pre-test on Metadiscourse | 第56页 |
| ·The Descriptive Statistics of the Subjects’Scores in both Pre-test and Post-test on Reading Comprehension | 第56-58页 |
| ·Pre-test Results | 第58-60页 |
| ·Post-test Results | 第60-62页 |
| ·Pre-post Tests | 第62-65页 |
| ·The Discussion of the Instruction in Metadiscourse | 第65-66页 |
| ·Effects on Subjects with Different Reading Proficiency Levels and the Discussion of the Effects | 第66-71页 |
| ·The Division of Reading Proficiency Levels | 第66-68页 |
| ·Test Scores at Three Reading Proficiency Levels | 第68-71页 |
| ·The Discussion of the Effects of the Instruction in Metadiscourse on Students with Different Reading Proficiency levels | 第71页 |
| ·The Results and Discussion of the Questionnaire | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第75-76页 |
| ·Implications | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-84页 |
| Appendix A | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix B | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix C | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix D | 第88-93页 |
| Appendix E | 第93-98页 |
| Appendix F | 第98-99页 |
| Publications | 第99页 |
