| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| List of Figures | 第7页 |
| List of Charts | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Necessity for the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure and Contents of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-34页 |
| ·Research concerning Second Language Reading | 第16-18页 |
| ·Some Theories about Second Language Reading | 第16-17页 |
| ·Phonological Processing Skills | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Basic Concepts concerning the Term Phonological Awareness | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Phonological Awareness | 第18-19页 |
| ·Measurement of Phonological Awareness | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Relationship between Phonological Awareness and Phonics | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Importance of Phonological Awareness in the Study with Monolinguals | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Relationship of Phonological Awareness to Language Learning | 第21-22页 |
| ·Research on Phonological Awareness and Reading | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Training of Phonological Awareness and its Influence | 第24-27页 |
| ·Special Effect of Phonological Awareness to English Underachievers | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Cause of Reading Failure among Students | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Role Phonological Awareness Plays in English Underachievers | 第28页 |
| ·The Importance of Phonological Awareness with Second and Foreign Language Learners | 第28-34页 |
| ·Reading Achievement and Phonological Awareness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Instruction and Improvement in Phonological Awareness | 第30-31页 |
| ·Transfer of Phonological Awareness from First language to Second or Foreign language | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methods | 第34-40页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypothesis | 第34-35页 |
| ·Participants | 第35页 |
| ·Instruments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Phonological Awareness Tasks | 第35页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Test | 第35页 |
| ·Background Information Questionnaire | 第35-36页 |
| ·Graphophonemic Awareness (GPA) Test | 第36-37页 |
| ·Procedures | 第37-40页 |
| ·Data Collection Session One | 第37页 |
| ·Data Collection Session Two | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Instruction Intervention | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter4 Research Results | 第40-54页 |
| ·Results with regard to Hypothesis One | 第40-44页 |
| ·Statistics of the Reading Comprehension Ability Test | 第40-42页 |
| ·Statistics of the Phonological Awareness Task Test | 第42-43页 |
| ·Correlation between the Phonological Awareness Task Test and Reading Comprehension Ability Test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Results with regard to Hypothesis Two | 第44-46页 |
| ·Results with regard to Hypothesis Three | 第46-54页 |
| ·General Comparison between GPA Test Time One and Two | 第47-50页 |
| ·Students’Performance to Different Word Structure | 第50-52页 |
| ·Data from the Questionnaires | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussions | 第54-60页 |
| ·The Relationship of Phonological Awareness to Reading for Chinese Adult EFL Learners | 第54-56页 |
| ·No Significant Correlation between Phonological Awareness Tasks and Reading Comprehension Ability for Chinese Adult EFL Learners | 第54页 |
| ·Comparison with ESL or EFL Children | 第54-56页 |
| ·GPA Test and Reading | 第56-58页 |
| ·Instruction and Graphophonemic Awareness | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第60-66页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第61-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-72页 |
| Appendix I : Phonological awareness task tests | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix II: Reading comprehension | 第73-79页 |
| Appendix III : Graphophonemic Awareness Task | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix IV : 19 Phonic Generalizations | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix V : Some Phonic Knowledge | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix VI Background Information Questionnaire | 第82页 |
