Abstract
摘要
Contents
Lists of Tables
Lists of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.1.1 The Significance of Reading Comprehension in Jiangsu CEE
1.1.2 The Necessity of Focusing on ACs in Reading Comprehension of CEE
1.2 Research Objectives and Significance
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.1 The Definition and Judging Benchmarks of Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.2 The Range of Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.3 The Classification of Adverbial Coniunctions
2.2 Related Researches on Reading Comprehension
2.2.1 The Definition of Reading Comprehension
2.2.2 The Current Reading Models in Senior High School
2.3 Theoretical Bases
2.3.1 TheTheory of Cohesion
2.3.2 The Theory of Relevance
2.3.3 Krashen’s Input Hypothesis
2.3.4 The Requirements of Jiangsu College Entrance Examination Syllabus
2.3.5 Summary of the Relevant Theories
Chapter 3 The Investigation of Adverbial Conjunctions in the Reading Discourses of English Test in Jiangsu CEE
3.1 Statistics of ACs’Frequency in the Reading Discourses of the Past 10 Years’English Test in Jiangsu CEE
3.2 Statistics of ACs’Distribution in the Reading Discourses of the Past 10 Years’English Test in Jiangsu CEE
3.3 Reasons for ACs’Different Frequency and Distribution in the Past 10 Years’Reading Discourses of English Test in Jiangsu CEE
3.4 Examples of Using ACs to Answer Reading Comprehension Questions in CEE
Chapter 4 The Application Experiment of ACs-based Teaching Model in Reading Class
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Research Subjects
4.3 Research Methodology
4.3.1 Literature Research Method
4.3.2 Corpus-based Approach
4.3.3 Questionnaire
4.3.4 Experiment
4.4 Data Analysis of Questionnaires
4.4.1 Data Analysis of the Pre-questionnaire
4.4.2 Data Analysis of the Post-questionnaire
4.4.3 Comparison of Data between Pre-questionnaire and Post-questionnaire
4.5 Data Analysis of Tests
4.5.1 Data Analysis of Pre-test
4.5.2 Data Analysis of Post-test
4.5.3 Comparison of Data between Pre-test and Post-test
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Suggestions
5.2.1 Suggestions to Students
5.2.2 Suggestions to Teachers
5.2.3 Suggestions to Test Designers
5.3 Limitations of Present Study
Bibliography
Appendix
攻读学位期间研究成果
Acknowledgements
声明