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Introduction
0.1 Statement of the Problem
0.2 Objectives of the Study
0.3 Significance of the Study
0.3.1 Clarifying the Inconsistent Findings concerning the Effects of the Three Factors upon L2/FL Reading Performance
0.3.2 Improving the Teaching, Learning and Testing of Chinese EFL Readers' Reading Skill
0.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter One Literature Review
1.1 Schema Theory
1.1.1 Definition of Schemata
1.1.2 Types of Schemata
1.1.3 Functions of Schemata
1.1.4 Schema-theoretic View of Reading
1.2 Two Thresholds Hypothesis
1.3 Empirical Research Evidence on Content Schemata and L2/FL Proficiency
1.3.1 Empirical Research Evidence on Facilitative Effect of Content Schemata
1.3.2 Empirical Research Evidence on the Ineffectiveness of Some Content Schemata
1.3.3 Empirical Research Evidence on the Facilitative Effect of Content Schemata only at Certain L2/FL Proficiency Level
1.4 Language of Presentation of Test Items and Empirical Research Evidence
1.4.1 Advantages of L1 Presentation
1.4.2 Empirical Research Evidence on the Facilitative Effect of L1 Presentation
1.4.3 Disadvantages of L1 Presentation
1.4.4 Empirical Research Evidence against Facilitative Effect of L1 Presentation
1.5 Summary
Chapter Two Methodology
2.1 Research Questions
2.2 Participants
2.3 Sources of Data
2.3.1 The English Proficiency Test
2.3.2 The Topic Familiarity Questionnaire and Content Schemata Questionnaire
2.3.3 The Reading Comprehension Test
2.4 Data Collection
2.5 Data Analysis
Chapter Three Results and Discussion
3.1 Results of Content Schemata Questionnaire
3.2 Results of Reading Comprehension Test
3.3 Discussion
3.3.1 The Effects of Content Schemata upon EFL Reading Comprehension
3.3.2 The Effects of English Proficiency and Language of Presentation of Test Items upon EFL Reading Comprehension
Chapter Four Conclusion and Implications
4.1 Major Findings
4.2 Implications of the Study
4.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research
Bibliography
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Publications