| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The confusion of English teaching and learning in China | 第12页 |
| ·The role reading plays in learning English | 第12-13页 |
| ·The role interest plays in language learning | 第13-14页 |
| ·The origin of Students' learning difficulties | 第14-15页 |
| ·The purpose and the content of this research paper | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two:Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| ·Three major word attacking strategies | 第16页 |
| ·The IPA system and its problems | 第16-18页 |
| ·The IPA System | 第16-17页 |
| ·The problems of the IPA approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Phonics approach and its problems | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Phonics Approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·The problems of the phonics approach | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Whole language approach and its problems | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Whole language | 第21-23页 |
| ·The problems of the Whole language approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·Orthographic cipher and word processing | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three:Methodology | 第28-39页 |
| ·Subjects background | 第28页 |
| ·Number of subjects | 第28页 |
| ·Selection process of subjects | 第28-29页 |
| ·Design of the study | 第29页 |
| ·Instructional contents and materials | 第29-30页 |
| ·Measures of the experimental procedures | 第30-33页 |
| ·Instructional procedures | 第33-36页 |
| ·26 Letter names and letter sounds | 第33页 |
| ·26 consonant letter sounds and 18 vowel letter sounds | 第33-34页 |
| ·108 letter or letter combinations representing the 44 sounds in English | 第34页 |
| ·468 Uninterrupted sounds | 第34-35页 |
| ·Four types of common suffixes | 第35-36页 |
| ·Instruction of the seven cipher abilities | 第36-38页 |
| ·The length of the study | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four:Results | 第39-45页 |
| ·Students' mastery of the 44 sounds in English | 第39页 |
| ·Students' mastery of the 100 or so phonograms | 第39页 |
| ·Students' mastery of the 468 uninterrupted sounds | 第39-40页 |
| ·Students' overall word processing abilities | 第40-43页 |
| ·Students' comments on the validity of the orthographic cipher | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five:Discussion | 第45-50页 |
| ·A comparison between the IPA and the cipher | 第45-46页 |
| ·The theoretical importance of the cipher | 第46-48页 |
| ·The practical importance of the orthographic cipher | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Six:Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第50-51页 |
| ·Further implications | 第51页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第51-52页 |
| References | 第52-54页 |
| Appendices | 第54-62页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第54页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第54-55页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第55页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第56页 |
| Appendix 6 | 第56页 |
| Appendix 7 | 第56-57页 |
| Appendix 8 | 第57页 |
| Appendix 9 | 第57-62页 |
