| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-16页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第16-20页 |
| ·The significance of the topic | 第16-18页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第20-46页 |
| ·Task-based language teaching | 第20-33页 |
| ·The definition of tasks in TBLT | 第20-24页 |
| ·The definition of TBLT | 第24-26页 |
| ·Characteristics of TBLT | 第26-28页 |
| ·Theoretical bases for TBLT | 第28-31页 |
| ·Psycholinguistics | 第28-29页 |
| ·Language acquisition theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·TBLT practice at home and abroad | 第31-33页 |
| ·The beginning of TBLT | 第31页 |
| ·The development of TBLT | 第31-32页 |
| ·The classical model of TBLT | 第32页 |
| ·The Chinese practice of TBLT | 第32-33页 |
| ·The instruction of reading and reading skills | 第33-37页 |
| ·Nature of reading and reading skills | 第33-34页 |
| ·Types of reading skills | 第34-37页 |
| ·The instruction of reading skills and TBLT | 第37-46页 |
| ·Factors affecting reading competence | 第37-38页 |
| ·Types of tasks in the instruction of reading skills | 第38-46页 |
| 3. Experimental research design | 第46-78页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第46-48页 |
| ·Subjects of the experiment | 第48-49页 |
| ·Procedures of the experiment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第50页 |
| ·Instruments of the research | 第50-52页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Post-test | 第51页 |
| ·Pre-questionnaire | 第51页 |
| ·Post-questionnaire | 第51页 |
| ·Interviews | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implementation of some tasks in reading instruction | 第52-78页 |
| ·The frameworks of tasks | 第53-57页 |
| ·Nunan's framework of tasks | 第53-54页 |
| ·Willis's framework of tasks | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reading tasks | 第55-57页 |
| ·Application of TBLT | 第57-58页 |
| ·A sample teaching plan of teaching reading in TBLT | 第58-73页 |
| ·Implementation of TBLT in reading instruction | 第73-78页 |
| 4. Data Analysis and Interpretation | 第78-84页 |
| ·Analysis of tests data of students from Control Group and Experimental Group | 第78-80页 |
| ·Data of pretest between CG and EG | 第78-79页 |
| ·Data of posttest between CG and EG | 第79页 |
| ·Analysis of pretest and posttest between CG and EG | 第79-80页 |
| ·Analysis of the questionnaire between CG and EG | 第80-81页 |
| ·Analysis of the interviews | 第81-82页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第82-84页 |
| 5. Research report and evaluation | 第84-96页 |
| ·Main findings of the Research | 第84-88页 |
| ·The answers to research questions | 第84-87页 |
| ·Other findings | 第87-88页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第88-91页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第91-93页 |
| ·Suggestions of the further research | 第93-96页 |
| References | 第96-101页 |
| Appendices | 第101-117页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire | 第101-104页 |
| Appendix 2 Outline of the Interview | 第104-105页 |
| Appendix 3 Pretest | 第105-111页 |
| Appendix 4 Posttest | 第111-117页 |
