| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Reading | 第13-24页 |
| ·The nature of reading | 第13-15页 |
| ·Psychological mechanisms of reading | 第15-18页 |
| ·Parallel distributed processing | 第15-16页 |
| ·Top-down and bottom-up processes | 第16-17页 |
| ·Automatic and controlled processes | 第17-18页 |
| ·Different reading models and theories | 第18-23页 |
| ·Traditional perspective - bottom-up model | 第18-19页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic perspective - top-down model | 第19页 |
| ·Interactive perspective - interactive model | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cognitive perspective - schema theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Metacognitive perspective | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Reading Comprehension: From the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第24-39页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第24-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential communication | 第24-26页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第26-27页 |
| ·Optimal relevance | 第27-29页 |
| ·Explicature and implicature | 第29-30页 |
| ·Application of relevance theory to reading | 第30-37页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic explanation of reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic reading comprehension model | 第32-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第39-49页 |
| ·Research purpose | 第39页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39-40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40-43页 |
| ·Reading comprehension tests | 第40页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第40-42页 |
| ·Think-aloud task | 第42页 |
| ·Interview | 第42-43页 |
| ·The application of relevance-theoretic reading model in English classroom | 第43-47页 |
| ·Pre-reading stage | 第44页 |
| ·While-reading stage | 第44-46页 |
| ·Post-reading stage | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data collection | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第49-68页 |
| ·Verification of research hypothesis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Promotion of reading ability | 第50-52页 |
| ·Promotion of reading fluency | 第52-53页 |
| ·Survey of students' attitudes | 第53-62页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of questionnaires | 第53-59页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of reports of think-aloud task | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of interview | 第60-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for the teaching of reading | 第62-66页 |
| ·Cultivating students' inference strategies in reading comprehension | 第62-64页 |
| ·Enlarge the students' scope of prior knowledge | 第64-65页 |
| ·Promoting interaction between reader and text | 第65-66页 |
| ·Choosing appropriate reading materials | 第66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-75页 |
| Appendixes | 第75-82页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第77-80页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第80-82页 |
