| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Aims of the study | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| 2.1 Overseas research review of reading | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Domestic research review of English reading teaching | 第18-21页 |
| 2.3 The current situation of teaching college English reading in China | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 The necessity of applying discourse analysis to English reading teaching | 第22-25页 |
| 2.4.1 Discourse analysis emphasizing the usage of discourse cohesion | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4.2 Discourse analysis stressing the semantic coherence of sentences | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第25-36页 |
| 3.1 Systemic functional grammar | 第25-27页 |
| 3.1.1 The origin of systemic functional grammar | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Systemic grammar and functional grammar | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Three metafunctions | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3 Context theory | 第29-31页 |
| 3.4 A proposed model of teaching English reading | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter Four An Experimental Study of the Proposed Model | 第36-54页 |
| 4.1 The research design | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Research hypothesis | 第36页 |
| 4.1.2 Research subjects | 第36页 |
| 4.1.3 Research tools | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.4 Research objectives | 第37页 |
| 4.1.5 Research content | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 The experiment process | 第38-54页 |
| 4.2.1 The experiment process | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2.2 Classroom teaching procedures | 第39-54页 |
| Chapter Five Experiment Result and Data Analysis | 第54-61页 |
| 5.1 The result of tests of the CC and the EC | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1.1 The result of the pre-test of the CC and the EC | 第54-55页 |
| 5.1.2 The result of the post-test of the CC and the EC | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Data analysis | 第56-61页 |
| 5.2.1 The analysis of pre-test of the CC and EC | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2.2 The analysis of post-test of the CC and EC | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.3 The result analysis of the pre-test and post-test within the CC | 第59页 |
| 5.2.4 The result analysis of the pre-test and post-test within the EC | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of the study | 第61-62页 |
| 6.2 Major contributions of the study | 第62-63页 |
| 6.3 Major limitations and directions for further study | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Appendices | 第68-95页 |
| Appendix I Sample lesson: teaching material | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix II Reading comprehension tests (pre-test and post-test) | 第70-91页 |
| Appendix III Data from experiment | 第91-95页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第95-96页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第96页 |