| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 Background information | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Research significance | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two: Literature Review | 第14-35页 |
| 2.1 PI and TI | 第14-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Introduction of Processing Instruction (PI) | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Introduction of Traditional Instruction (TI) | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Theoretical researches of the Processing Instruction | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Empirical researches of PI | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 The English articles | 第26-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of the English articles | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.2 The rules of the English article in this study | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2.3 Significance of the English article study | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2.4 Theoretical researches about the English article system | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2.5 Empirical researches about the English article system | 第33页 |
| 2.3 Limitations of the previous researches of PI and English articles | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第35-41页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第35页 |
| 3.2 Participants | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3 Research instruments | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire | 第37页 |
| 3.3.2 Test Papers | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 Research procedure | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four: Results and Analysis | 第41-73页 |
| 4.1 Results and analysis of the data collected from the backgroundquestionnaire | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Result and analysis of the data collected from the pretests | 第42-49页 |
| 4.2.1. Result and analysis of pretest of the junior high school participants | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.2. Results of pretest of the senior high school participates | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Results of the comparisons between junior school participants andsenior school participants | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3 Results and Analysis of the Data Collected from the Post- tests | 第49-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Result of post-test of the junior high school participants | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3.2 Results of post-test of senior high school participants | 第52-56页 |
| 4.3.3. Results of the comparisons between junior school participants andsenior school participants | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4 Results and Analysis of the Data Collected from the Delayed post-tests | 第58-73页 |
| 4.4.1 Result of delayed post-test of the junior high school participants | 第58-64页 |
| 4.4.2 Results of delayed post-test of senior high school participants | 第64-67页 |
| 4.4.3 Results of the comparisons between junior school participants andsenior school participants | 第67-68页 |
| 4.4.4 The comparison among three groups in pretest post-test and delayed post-test | 第68-73页 |
| Chapter Five: Discussion | 第73-78页 |
| 5.1 Discussions of the post-test | 第73-75页 |
| 5.1.1 Discussions of the interpretation tasks | 第73-74页 |
| 5.1.2 Discussions of the production tasks | 第74页 |
| 5.1.3 Discussions of the comparison between the junior school students andsenior school students | 第74-75页 |
| 5.2 Discussions of delayed post-test | 第75-78页 |
| 5.2.1 Discussions of the interpretation tasks | 第76页 |
| 5.2.2 Discussions of the production tasks | 第76页 |
| 5.2.3 Discussions of the comparison between the junior school students andsenior school students | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第78-80页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第78页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第78-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix I：Background Questionnaire(背景调查） | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix II：Pretest(Samples) | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix III：Post-test (Samples) | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix IV：Delayed Post-test (Samples) | 第88-89页 |
