| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·The statement of the problem | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definitions of terms | 第14页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Overview | 第16页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第16-19页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning as an information processing | 第16-17页 |
| ·Language transfer | 第17-19页 |
| ·Phonics | 第19-27页 |
| ·Phonics history | 第19-21页 |
| ·Phonics, word reading, word spelling, phonological awareness and their internal relationship | 第21-25页 |
| ·Approaches of phonics teaching | 第25-27页 |
| ·Analytic and synthetic approaches | 第25-26页 |
| ·Spelling-based, analogy-based and embedded phonics approaches | 第26-27页 |
| ·Recent empirical studies on phonics in primary schools in Chinese context | 第27-30页 |
| ·Study on phonics in kindergarden | 第27-28页 |
| ·Study on the explicit phonics instruction | 第28页 |
| ·Study on phonetic teaching | 第28-29页 |
| ·Study on nursery rhyme instruction | 第29页 |
| ·Case study on phonics teaching | 第29页 |
| ·Study on the effects of phonics on the PA development | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary and conclusion | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第32-50页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Participants | 第32-33页 |
| ·Instruments | 第33-36页 |
| ·Tests | 第33-35页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第35-36页 |
| ·Interview | 第36页 |
| ·Procedures | 第36-46页 |
| ·The general procedures of investigation | 第36-38页 |
| ·The content of phonics teaching | 第38-42页 |
| ·The teaching method of phonics | 第42-45页 |
| ·The process of phonics teaching in class | 第45-46页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第46-50页 |
| ·Data collection | 第46-48页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第50-62页 |
| ·Overview | 第50页 |
| ·Results of tests | 第50-52页 |
| ·Discussion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Discussion on performance of phonological awareness | 第52-54页 |
| ·Discussion on performance of word reading ability | 第54-55页 |
| ·Discussion on performance of word spelling ability | 第55页 |
| ·Discussion on attitude towards vocabulary leaning within EG | 第55-60页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Conclusions of the study | 第62页 |
| ·Implications | 第62-63页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for teachers | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第64页 |
| ·Limitations | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-70页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第74-75页 |
| AppendixⅤ | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ | 第76-77页 |
| Academic Papers Published during Postgraduate Study | 第77-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78页 |
