| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Study background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of this study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-29页 |
| ·Overview of historical development of vocabulary teaching | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Grammar-Translation Method | 第16页 |
| ·The Direct Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·TheAudio-Lingual Method | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Communicative Language Teaching | 第18页 |
| ·The NaturalApproach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Impact of these methods on English vocabulary teaching in China | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous studies on vocabulary teaching | 第20-26页 |
| ·Studies of vocabulary teaching | 第20-23页 |
| ·Studies of vocabulary teaching with English paraphrase | 第23-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-42页 |
| ·Second language acquisition theory in vocabulary | 第29-36页 |
| ·Definition and connotation of vocabulary | 第30-31页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching | 第31-33页 |
| ·Input-output hypothesis | 第33-34页 |
| ·Significance of second language acquisition theory and the implications to English vocabulary teaching | 第34-36页 |
| ·English paraphrase | 第36-42页 |
| ·The defects of words’Chinese explanation in vocabulary teaching | 第36-37页 |
| ·The definition of English paraphrase | 第37页 |
| ·The principles of English paraphrase | 第37-38页 |
| ·The functions of English paraphrase | 第38-40页 |
| ·The necessity and feasibility of applying English paraphrase in undergraduates and junior college students | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第42-54页 |
| ·Research hypothesis and questions | 第42-43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·The pretest | 第44-45页 |
| ·The posttest | 第45页 |
| ·The interview | 第45页 |
| ·Data collection | 第45-46页 |
| ·Procedures | 第46-54页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第46-47页 |
| ·Teaching plan | 第47-49页 |
| ·Teaching procedures of the experimental class | 第49-52页 |
| ·Teaching procedures of the control class | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第54-64页 |
| ·Results of the pretest | 第54-55页 |
| ·Results of the posttest | 第55-59页 |
| ·Results of the interview | 第59-61页 |
| ·Discussions of the answers to the research questions | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第64-69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第65-67页 |
| ·Limitations | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-74页 |
| Appendices | 第74-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Vocabularies taught in the classes | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Vocabulary Test for Pretest | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Vocabulary Test for Protest | 第81-86页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ: Results of Pretest and Posttest | 第86-87页 |
| Academic Paper Published during Postgraduate Study | 第87-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88页 |
