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英文文摘
Ⅰ Introduction
Ⅱ Fundamentals of Prior Knowledge
2.1 Notion of prior knowledge
2.2 Types of prior knowledge
2.3 Views on prior knowledge in understanding texts
Ⅲ Applications of Prior knowledge in Reading
3.1 The reading process
3.1.1 Nature of reading
3.1.2 Comprehension: a selected process
3.1.3 Levels of comprehension
3.1.4 Reading models
3.2 The Schema theory
3.2.1 Definition of schema
3.2.2 Types of schema
3.3 Rosenblatt's transaction theory of reading
Ⅳ Investigations of Prior Knowledge in Reading
4.1 Investigated questions
4.2 Methods
4.3 Contents of Materials
4.3.1 Questionnaires
4.3.2 Reading texts
4.4 Subjects
4.5 Procedures
4.5.1 A pilot study to reading texts and questionnaire
4.5.2 Formal data collection
4.6 Results
4.6.1 Results of the questionnaire
4.6.2 Results of tests of the reading texts
4.6.3 Results of the post-reading interview
4.7 Discussions of the results
Ⅴ Implications for EFL Reading
5.1 Accumulation of prior knowledge
5.2 Ways to enrich priorknowledge
5.3 Learning to build knowledge network
5.3.1 Activation of appropriate prior knowledge
5.3.2 Reconstruction of rhetorical-specific details
5.3.3 Specific cultural prior knowledge
Ⅵ Conclusion
6.1 Findings
6.2 Limitations and suggestions for further research
Bibliograghy
Acknowledgements
Appendices
Appendix Ⅰ
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
Appendix Ⅳ
