Empirical researches on reading strategies in English

　　Part I Reading Strategies Employed by Readers Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
　　Chapter One Introduction
　　 1.1 Definition 0f Reading Stategy
　　 1.2 Reading Strategies inSecond Language Reading
　　 1.3 Reading Process
　　 1.4 Objectives
　　 1.5 Rationale of Experiment
　　 1.6 Educfition Setting
　　Chapter Two Literature,Review
　　 2.1 Reading Strategy Use
　　 2.2 Research Using Thinking-Out-Loud Protocols and Interviews
　　Chapter Three Methodology
　　 3.1 Participants
　　 3.2 Materials
　　 3.3 Procedures
　　 3.4 Data Analysis
　　Chapter Four Results
　　 4.1 Ranking of Forty Reading Strategies and Strategies for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
　　 4.2 The Comparisons of the Total Number of Strategies Used/the Total Number of Different Strategies Used and the Scores on Both Reading Contexts
　　 4.3 Relationships between the Scores and the Total of Strategies/the Total of Different:Strategies on Both Reading Contexts
　　 4.4 Case Studies of Four Participants' Strategy Use
　　Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion of the Results
　　Chapter Six Summary; Conciusionand Recommendations
　　Appendix
　　Part II A Study of Foreign Language Reading
　　Strategies Use and Gender Differences in Reading Strategies Used by ESL Chinese Students
　　Chapter One Introduction
　　 1.1 Definition and Classification
　　 1.2 Comprehension Strategies in L2 Reading
　　 1.3 The Reader and the Reading Process
　　 1.4 Objectives
　　 1.5 Rationale of Experiment
　　 1.6 Educational Setting
　　Chapter Two Literature Review
　　 2.1 Decoding
　　 2.2 Research Using Thinking-Out-Loud Protocols Interviews and Retellings
　　Chapter Three Methodology
　　 3.1 Selection of the Subjects
　　 3.2 Materials
　　 3.3 Procedures, Tests and Statistical Analyses
　　 3.4 Limitations
　　Chapter Four Results
　　 4.1 Variation in Use of Individual Strategies by Gender
　　 4,2 Interview Data Analysis
　　 4.3 Retellings and Multiple-Choice Test Analysi
　　Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion of the Results
　　Chapter Six Summary and Conclusion
　　Part III Testing the Effects =of Output on the Strategy of Noticing Hypothesis and SLA
　　Chapter One Introduction
　　Chapter Two Literature Review
　　 2.1 Focus on Form
　　 2.2 Noticing Hypothesis
　　 2.3 PedagogicalApproaches to Promote Learners Noticing of Form
　　 2.4 Previous Studies on Input Enhancement
　　 2.5 Previous Studies on Output in SLA
　　Chapter Three A Description of the Present Study
　　 3.1 Research Hypothesis
　　 3.2 Study Methodology
　　Chapter Four Data Presentation and Analysis
　　 4.1 Analysis
　　 4.2 Results
　　Chapter Five Discussion
　　Chapter Six Conclusion
　　 6.1 Summary
　　 6.2 Pedagogical.Implications
　　 6.3 Limitation
　　Appendix
　　Part IV Study on the Individual Differences in the Use of English Reading Strategies
　　Chapter One Introduction
　　ChapterTwo Literature Review
　　 2.1 A Survey of Reading Researches
　　 2.2 Reading Strategy Use
　　 2.3 The Current Study
　　Chapter Three Research Methods
　　 3.1 Objectives
　　 3.2 Subjects
　　 3.3 Materials
　　 3.4 Instruments
　　 3.5 Research Procedures
　　Chapter Four Data Analysis
　　Chapter Five Results and Diseussion
　　 5.1 A General Evaluation about Scores and Strategies Use
　　 5.2 Oral Interview
　　Chapter Six Implietitions
　　Chapter Seven Conclusion
　　Part V Factors Influencing Reading Abilities of Middle School Students and Counter-MeaSure
　　Chapter One Introduction
　　Chapter Two Literature Review
　　 2.1 International Studies on English Reading
　　 2.2 The Study of English Reading in China
　　 2.3 Definition of Reading Comprehension
　　Chapter Three Research
　　 3.1 Subjects
　　 3.2 Instruments
　　 3.3 Design of the Questionnaire
　　 3.4 Data Analysis and Findings of the Survey
　　Chapter Four Results
　　 4.1 Students' Psychological Factors
　　 4.2 Reading Strategy Factors
　　 4.3 Linguistic Knowledge Factors
　　 4.4 Reading Habits Factors
　　Chapter Five Suggested Counter-Measures
　　 5.1 CultiVate Students'Interest:in Reading
　　 5.2 Enhance Student's Language Knowledge
　　 5.3 Extensive Background Knowledge
　　 5.4 The Use of Reading-Skills and Strategies
　　 5.5 Teachers' Adjustment of Teaching Strategies
　　Chapter Six Conclusion
　　 6.1 Major Findirigs of the Study
　　 6.2 Limitation of the Study
　　Appendix
　　Reference