声明
Acknowledgments
摘要
Abstract
List of Tables
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Brief Introduction of TEM-4 and TEM-8
1.2 Aims,Significance and Organization of This Thesis
1.2.1 Aims of This Thesis
1.2.2 Significance of This Thesis
1.2.3 Organization of This Thesis
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Summary
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Reading Comprehension
2.1.1 Definition of Reading Comprehension
2.1.2 Former Studies about Reading Comprehension
2.2 Lexical Richness
2.2.1 Definition of Lexical Richness
2.2.2 Measures of Lexical Richness
2.3 Text Readability
2.3.1 Definition of Readability
2.3.2 Measures of Readability
2.4 Text Easability
2.4.1 Introduction of Text Easability Principal Components
2.4.2 Components of Text Easability
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Research Object
3.2 Research Instruments
3.2.1 RANGE
3.2.2 Coh-Metrix Version 3.0
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 Analyses of Lexical Features
4.1 Analyses of Lexical Variation
4.1.1 Lexical Variation of TEM-4 Reading Texts
4.1.2 Lexical Variation of TEM-8 Reading Texts
4.1.3 Comparison of Lexieal Variation between TEM-4 and TEM-8 Reading Texts
4.1.4 Summary
4.2 Analyses of Word Frequency
4.2.1 Word Frequency of TEM-4 ReadingTexts
4.2.2 Word Frequency of TEM-8 Reading Texts
4.2.3 Comparison of Word Frequency between TEM-4 and TEM-8 Reading Texts
4.2.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Analyses of Contextual Features
5.1 Analyses of Text Readability
5.1.1 Readability of TEM-4 Reading Texts
5.1.2 Readability of TEM-8 Reading Texts
5.1.3 Comparison of Readability between TEM-4 and TEM-8 Reading Texts
5.2 Analyses of Text Easability Principal Components
5.2.1 Principal Components Analyses of TEM-4 Reading Texts
5.2.2 Principal Components Scores of TEM-8 ReadingTexts
5.2.3 Comparison of Text Easability Principal Components
5.3 Summary
Chapter 6 Findings and Conclusion
6.1 Research Findings
6.2 Discussion of Results
6.3 Suggestions towards Text Assessment
6.4 Research Limitations
Bibliography
Appendix
Papers Published During the Study for M.A.Degree
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