| Chinese Abstract | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-5页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第5-7页 |
| Synopsis | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Drawbacks of the present English reading activity in China's schools | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purposes of the present study | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Theory | 第15-26页 |
| ·Authentic materials | 第15-19页 |
| ·Extensive reading | 第19-24页 |
| ·Krashen's input hypothesis and application of authentic materials in ER | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第26-34页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第26页 |
| ·Subject | 第26-27页 |
| ·Activity arrangement | 第27-28页 |
| ·Reading materials | 第28-30页 |
| ·Data collection instruments of the study | 第30-32页 |
| ·Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| ·Result | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Analysis | 第34-48页 |
| ·Quantitative evidence from FCE Exam | 第34-37页 |
| ·Results of MRQ | 第37-38页 |
| ·Qualitative evidence from weekly book report | 第38-43页 |
| ·Qualitative evidence from interview | 第43-45页 |
| ·Results of questionnaire on the students' attitudes and reading strategies | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第48-54页 |
| ·The feasibility of authentic materials' ER in senior middle school | 第48-49页 |
| ·The effect on the students' motivation in EFL learning | 第49-51页 |
| ·The effect on the students' reading strategies | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第54-59页 |
| ·Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Pedagogical implication | 第55-57页 |
| ·Limitation and assumption for future research | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix 1 The Result of 2005 FCE Reading Exam(Prestest) | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix 2 Reading Instruction | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix 3 A List of Authentic Materials for the EG | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix 4 A List of Non-authentic Materials for the CG | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix 5 Self-report Questionnaire for Motivation | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix 6 The Samples of Weekly Book Report | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix 7 Questionnaire on the Students' Attitudes and Reading Strategies | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 8 Interview Questions | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix 9 The Result of 2006 FCE Reading Exam(Posttest) | 第74-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
