| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-19页 |
| Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION | 第19-33页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第19页 |
| ·Schematic Effects on Text Comprehension: General Objective of the Research | 第19-20页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第20-23页 |
| ·Key Research Questions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第24-31页 |
| ·Framework of the Dissertation | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 2 READING, COMPREHENSION, AND READING COMPREHENSION | 第33-52页 |
| ·What Is Reading, Comprehension, or Reading Comprehension? | 第33-37页 |
| ·Nature of Reading Process | 第37-39页 |
| ·Importance and Objectives of Reading | 第39-42页 |
| ·Categorization of Reading Models | 第42-49页 |
| ·Sequential models | 第42-45页 |
| ·Bottom-up/text-driven/data-driven model | 第42-43页 |
| ·Top-down/conceptually-driven model | 第43-44页 |
| ·Interactive model | 第44-45页 |
| ·Componential approaches | 第45-48页 |
| ·Resolving anaphoric relations | 第46页 |
| ·Activating schemata | 第46-47页 |
| ·Making/drawing inferences | 第47页 |
| ·Comprehension monitoring | 第47-48页 |
| ·Construction-integration (CI) model | 第48-49页 |
| ·Schema-theoretical Methodology and Investigation in Reading | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter 3 THEORIES OF ESL/EFL READING | 第52-100页 |
| ·A Psycholinguistic Perspective of Reading | 第52-55页 |
| ·History of the study of psycholinguistic reading approach | 第52-54页 |
| ·Huey's investigation on reading | 第52-53页 |
| ·Study by Goodman and Smith | 第53-54页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic processing approach | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations of psycholinguistic approach of reading | 第55页 |
| ·An Interactive Perspective of Reading | 第55-56页 |
| ·A Transactional Perspective of Reading | 第56-58页 |
| ·Cognitive and Metacognitive Perspective of Reading | 第58-64页 |
| ·Metacognition and cognition in reading | 第58-59页 |
| ·Metacognition, cognition, and comprehension monitoring | 第59-60页 |
| ·Metacognitive ability and failure in reading | 第60页 |
| ·Cognitive components of reading | 第60-61页 |
| ·Cognitive structure in reading | 第61页 |
| ·Cognitive-developmental perspective of reading | 第61-63页 |
| ·Cognitive reading processes and cognitive style in reading | 第63-64页 |
| ·A Social Cognitive Perspective of Reading | 第64-70页 |
| ·Definition of social cognitive reading | 第64-65页 |
| ·Vygotsky’s impacts on reading | 第65-67页 |
| ·Socio-cognitive and socio-cultural processing research | 第67-70页 |
| ·A Construction-integration Theoretical Perspective of Reading | 第70-75页 |
| ·The construction-integration processing model | 第70-71页 |
| ·Comparative perspective of schematic and CI models of reading | 第71-74页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第74-75页 |
| ·A Schema-Theoretical Perspective of Reading | 第75-92页 |
| ·Definition of schemata | 第76-77页 |
| ·History of the study of schema theory in reading comprehension | 第77-84页 |
| ·Kant and Bartlett | 第77-78页 |
| ·Rumelhart | 第78-79页 |
| ·Anderson and Pearson | 第79-82页 |
| ·Carrell and Johnson | 第82-84页 |
| ·How schemata operate? | 第84-92页 |
| ·Schema operation | 第85-86页 |
| ·Functions of schemata | 第86-88页 |
| ·Schema availability | 第88-89页 |
| ·Schema activation and affirmation | 第89页 |
| ·Schema instantiation | 第89-90页 |
| ·The need for schema accommodation and transfer | 第90-92页 |
| ·Readability Formulas and Fry Graph | 第92-95页 |
| ·History of the study of readability | 第92-93页 |
| ·Readability formulas | 第93-94页 |
| ·Fry Graph | 第94-95页 |
| ·Linguistic Study and Experimental Research | 第95-96页 |
| ·Trends in Reading in 19905 and Inadequacies of Traditional Concepts of Reading | 第96-100页 |
| ·Trends in reading in 19905 | 第96-97页 |
| ·Inadequacies of traditional concepts of reading | 第97-100页 |
| Chapter 4 SCHEMA THEORY, TEXT/DISCOURSE SCHEMATA, AND ESL/EFL TEXT COMPREHENSION | 第100-110页 |
| ·An Overview of Schema Theory | 第100-103页 |
| ·Story Schema and Story Grammar | 第103-106页 |
| ·Story schema | 第103-104页 |
| ·Story grammar | 第104-106页 |
| ·Discourse/Text Schemata | 第106-107页 |
| ·Meyer's Research on Text/Discourse Schemata in Reading Comprehension | 第107-108页 |
| ·Carrell's Study on Content and Text Schemata in Reading Comprehension | 第108-109页 |
| ·Limitations of Carrell's Schema-Theoretical Approach to Reading Research | 第109-110页 |
| Chapter 5 GENERAL DESIGN OF THE RESEARCH | 第110-148页 |
| ·Introduction | 第110-111页 |
| ·Purpose of This Study | 第111-112页 |
| ·Research Design | 第112-114页 |
| ·Variables involved in hypothesis testing | 第112-113页 |
| ·Experimental design | 第113-114页 |
| ·Matching design for training-testing sessions | 第114页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第114-118页 |
| ·Selection of Subjects | 第118页 |
| ·Collection of Subjects’Academic and Non-academic Parameters | 第118-119页 |
| ·Experiment I | 第119-131页 |
| ·Introduction | 第119-120页 |
| ·Research hypotheses | 第120-121页 |
| ·Model applied | 第121页 |
| ·Techniques employed | 第121-123页 |
| ·The experimental procedures | 第123-128页 |
| ·Training procedures | 第123-124页 |
| ·Controlling sessions | 第124-125页 |
| ·Testing procedures | 第125-127页 |
| ·Scoring procedures | 第127-128页 |
| ·Experimental materials | 第128-131页 |
| ·Materials for training | 第128-129页 |
| ·Materials for testing | 第129-131页 |
| ·Experiment II | 第131-139页 |
| ·Introduction | 第131-133页 |
| ·Research hypotheses | 第133页 |
| ·Model applied | 第133页 |
| ·Techniques employed | 第133-134页 |
| ·The experimental procedures | 第134-137页 |
| ·Training procedures | 第134-135页 |
| ·Controlling sessions | 第135-136页 |
| ·Testing procedures | 第136页 |
| ·Scoring procedures | 第136-137页 |
| ·Experimental materials | 第137-139页 |
| ·Materials for training | 第137页 |
| ·Materials for testing | 第137-139页 |
| ·Experiment III | 第139-146页 |
| ·Introduction | 第139-142页 |
| ·Research hypotheses | 第142页 |
| ·Model applied | 第142-143页 |
| ·Techniques employed | 第143页 |
| ·The experimental procedures | 第143-144页 |
| ·Training procedures | 第143页 |
| ·Controlling sessions | 第143页 |
| ·Testing procedures | 第143-144页 |
| ·Scoring procedures | 第144页 |
| ·Experimental materials | 第144-146页 |
| ·Materials for training | 第144页 |
| ·Materials for testing | 第144-146页 |
| ·An Overall Follow-up Debriefing Questionnaire | 第146-148页 |
| Chapter 6 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS | 第148-163页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第148-149页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第149-163页 |
| ·Analysis of debriefing questionnaires | 第149-150页 |
| ·Analysis of the question answers | 第150-152页 |
| ·Analysis of the recall protocols | 第152页 |
| ·Analysis of the overall follow-up debriefing questionnaire | 第152-154页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics | 第154-163页 |
| Chapter 7 RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND MAJOR FINDINGS | 第163-177页 |
| ·General Comments | 第163-164页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第164-170页 |
| ·Results and discussion of Experiment I | 第164-166页 |
| ·Results and discussion of Experiment II | 第166-168页 |
| ·Results and discussion of Experiment III | 第168-170页 |
| ·Examination of the Five Research Objectives Stated in §5.2 | 第170-172页 |
| ·A Social Cognitive Interpretation | 第172-174页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第174-177页 |
| Chapter 8 CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS, APPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS | 第177-191页 |
| ·General Conclusion | 第177-181页 |
| ·Implications Resulted from the Study | 第181-183页 |
| ·Applying the Sociocognitive Schematic Reading Approach to Comprehension | 第183-186页 |
| ·Limitations of This Dissertation | 第186-187页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第187-191页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第191-223页 |
| APPENDIX | 第223-230页 |
