| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Organization of This Dissertation | 第13-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1 The Study of Cultural Influences on Vocabulary Acquisition Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 The Study of Cultural Influences on Vocabulary Acquisition at Home | 第17-20页 |
| 3. College Students' problems in Vocabulary Acquisition | 第20-26页 |
| 3.1 Difficulty in Memorizing New Words | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2 Inappropriate Use of the Vocabulary | 第21-22页 |
| 3.3 The Analysis of Vocabulary Learning Problems for College English Study | 第22-23页 |
| 3.4 The Link between Cultural Unawareness and the Inefficiency of Vocabulary Acquisition | 第23-26页 |
| 4. Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English Vocabulary | 第26-30页 |
| 4.1 Equivalent Words in Two Cultures | 第26页 |
| 4.2 Vocabulary with Similar Denotation & Different Connotation | 第26-27页 |
| 4.3 Vocabulary with Different Denotation & Similar Connotation | 第27页 |
| 4.4 Vacant Words in Chinese Culture or English Culture | 第27-28页 |
| 4.5 Causes of Cultural Differences between English and Chinese Vocabulary | 第28页 |
| 4.6 Culturally-loaded Words | 第28-30页 |
| 5. Techniques of Cultural Instruction in Vocabulary Teaching | 第30-36页 |
| 5.1 Direct Interpretation | 第32页 |
| 5.2 Contrastive Analysis | 第32-33页 |
| 5.3 Associative Method | 第33-34页 |
| 5.4 Etymological Method | 第34-35页 |
| 5.5 Demonstration | 第35页 |
| 5.6 Remedial work | 第35-36页 |
| 6. Research Methodology | 第36-45页 |
| 6.1 Experiment Introduction | 第37页 |
| 6.2 Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| 6.3 Experimental Procedure | 第38页 |
| 6.4 The Application of the Techniques in the Teaching Experiment | 第38-41页 |
| 6.5 Results of the Vocabulary Tests | 第41-45页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| 7.1 Conclusion of the Study | 第45-46页 |
| 7.2 Limitations of the Study | 第46-48页 |
| Appendices | 第48-54页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
