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