| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research significance and purpose | 第10-11页 |
| ·The overall structure of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第12-24页 |
| ·The definition and theoretical basis of communicative approach | 第12-14页 |
| ·The definition of communicative approach | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of communicative approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies of communicative approach | 第14-16页 |
| ·Overseas studies of communicative approach | 第14-15页 |
| ·Domestic studies of communicative approach | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies on English vocabulary teaching | 第16-18页 |
| ·Overseas studies of English vocabulary teaching | 第16-17页 |
| ·Domestics studies of English vocabulary teaching | 第17-18页 |
| ·The studies on the application of CA to English vocabulary teaching | 第18-24页 |
| ·The general statement on the application of CA to vocabulary teaching | 第18-20页 |
| ·The improvement of students’ motivation by using CA | 第20-22页 |
| ·The improvement of learning strategies by using CA | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Research methodology | 第24-32页 |
| ·Research questions | 第24页 |
| ·Research participants | 第24页 |
| ·Instruments | 第24-26页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第24-25页 |
| ·Test | 第25页 |
| ·Interview | 第25-26页 |
| ·SPSS 17.0 software | 第26页 |
| ·Research design | 第26页 |
| ·Teaching procedure | 第26-32页 |
| ·Teaching sample in EC | 第27-29页 |
| ·Teaching sample in CC | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four Data analysis and discussion | 第32-46页 |
| ·Data collection of the questionnaires and tests | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data collection of the questionnaires | 第32页 |
| ·Data collection of the tests | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data analysis of results from the tests and the questionnaires | 第33-42页 |
| ·Data analysis of the results from Questionnaire I | 第33-36页 |
| ·Data analysis of the results from Questionnaire II | 第36-40页 |
| ·Results of the pre-test | 第40-41页 |
| ·Results of the post-test | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of EC’s scores in the pre-test and post-test | 第42-43页 |
| ·Results of the interview | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-50页 |
| ·Major findings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第47页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第47-48页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Appendix I：Questionnaire on the students’ intrinsic motivation of learning English (Chinese version) | 第53-54页 |
| Appendix II：Questionnaire on the students’ intrinsic motivation of learning English (English version) | 第54-55页 |
| Appendix III: Questionnaire on the students’ learning strategies of English (Chinese version) | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix IV: Questionnaire on the students’ learning strategies of English (English version) | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix V: Interview | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix VI: The results of the pre-test and post-test in EC and CC | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix VII: The pre-test papers of vocabulary competence | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix VIII: The post-test papers of vocabulary competence | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| The list of the research papers published by the author | 第68-69页 |
