| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-13页 |
| List of Appendices | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationale | 第15-17页 |
| ·Key research questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Content of remaining chapters | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature | 第20-48页 |
| ·Overview | 第20页 |
| ·Studies on word knowledge type | 第20-23页 |
| ·Research into word knowledge type by Richards (1976) | 第20-22页 |
| ·A revised framework of word knowledge type by Nation (1990) | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on 'receptive' vs. 'productive' word knowledge | 第23-26页 |
| ·Early discussion on receptive vs. productive distinction | 第23-25页 |
| ·Current discussion on receptive & productive vocabulary | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies on word knowledge measurement | 第26-32页 |
| ·Early vocabulary knowledge measurement | 第26-28页 |
| ·Quantitative measurement on vocabulary knowledge | 第28-30页 |
| ·Qualitative measurement on vocabulary knowledge | 第30-32页 |
| ·Studies on L2 vocabulary development | 第32-37页 |
| ·Theoretical studies on L2 vocabulary development | 第32-35页 |
| ·Empirical studies on L2 vocabulary development | 第35-37页 |
| ·Idiom related studies | 第37-44页 |
| ·Idiom related theory on multiword expressions & idiomaticity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Studies on multiword expressions | 第39-41页 |
| ·Macro studies on idioms | 第41-43页 |
| ·Empirical studies on idioms in second language acquisition | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary and conclusion | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Framework of Idiom Acquisition | 第48-56页 |
| ·Prior considerations | 第48页 |
| ·L2 idiom knowledge development in the classroom setting: a conceptual framework | 第48-50页 |
| ·Variables for investigation and their operational definitions | 第50-54页 |
| ·Idiom | 第51页 |
| ·Pure idiom, Semi-idiom, & Literal idiom | 第51-52页 |
| ·High frequency, Medium frequency & Low frequency | 第52-53页 |
| ·Receptive knowledge & Productive knowledge | 第53页 |
| ·Level 1, Level 2 & Level 3 EFL learners | 第53-54页 |
| ·Specific research questions | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design, Instrumentation, Data collection & Data Analysis | 第56-73页 |
| ·Research Design | 第56-59页 |
| ·Nature of the design | 第56-57页 |
| ·Research approach | 第57页 |
| ·Participants | 第57-59页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第59-69页 |
| ·Selection of the target idioms | 第59-65页 |
| ·Preliminary sampling of prompt idioms | 第59-62页 |
| ·Further identifying: a pilot study | 第62-64页 |
| ·Final selection of the target idioms | 第64-65页 |
| ·English proficiency test | 第65-66页 |
| ·Productive idiom test | 第66-67页 |
| ·Receptive idiom test | 第67-69页 |
| ·Data collection | 第69-70页 |
| ·Data preparation and analysis | 第70-73页 |
| ·Scoring scheme | 第70-71页 |
| ·Statistical techniques for quantitative analysis | 第71-72页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis of idiom form and meaning | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Results for Idiom Knowledge Acquisition | 第73-106页 |
| ·Quantitative results | 第73-92页 |
| ·Results of one-way ANOVA showing variance | 第73-88页 |
| ·Acquisition of idiom knowledge between groups of different proficiency levels | 第73-82页 |
| ·Acquisition of idiom knowledge within groups of the same proficiency level | 第82-88页 |
| ·Results of Pearson correlation showing relationship | 第88-92页 |
| ·The relationship between receptive knowledge & productive knowledge | 第88-90页 |
| ·The relationship of receptive knowledge or productive knowledge between three idiom classes | 第90-92页 |
| ·Qualitative results | 第92-106页 |
| ·Receptive results for multi-meaning idioms | 第92-100页 |
| ·Productive results for idiom forms | 第100-106页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation for Future Research | 第106-127页 |
| ·Major findings | 第106-111页 |
| ·Discussion | 第111-122页 |
| ·Discussion on the acquisition pattern of idiom knowledge in general sense | 第111-113页 |
| ·Discussion on the acquisition pattern of idiom knowledge considering different idiom classes | 第113-120页 |
| ·Receptive/productive knowledge varies with different idiom classes. Why? | 第114-118页 |
| ·The development of receptive/productive knowledge varies with different idiom classes. Why? | 第118-120页 |
| ·Discussion on the acquisition pattern of idiom meaning and form in terms of the depth of knowledge | 第120-122页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第122-123页 |
| ·Recommendations for further research | 第123-127页 |
| References | 第127-131页 |
| Appendices | 第131-174页 |
