| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-30页 |
| ·Overview of Related Study | 第15-20页 |
| ·What is Collocation | 第20-24页 |
| ·Classification of Collocations | 第24-30页 |
| ·Free Collocation, Restricted Collocation and Idiom | 第24-26页 |
| ·Grammatical Collocation and Lexical Collocation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Collocation and Colligation | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第30-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Research Design | 第30-35页 |
| ·Participants and Treatment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Instruments | 第31-34页 |
| ·CLAWS, Wordsmith Tool and British National Corpus | 第31-32页 |
| ·Criteria for Determining Significant Collocations | 第32页 |
| ·Tools for Collocations | 第32-34页 |
| ·Dictionaries | 第33页 |
| ·Statistical Tools for Collocations ----MI and Z-Score | 第33-34页 |
| ·SPSS 10.0 and FoxPro 5.0 | 第34页 |
| ·Marking Compositions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Grading Criterion and Writing Paper | 第34页 |
| ·: Group Marking | 第34-35页 |
| ·Validity and Reliability | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Collocation Frequency | 第36页 |
| ·Frequency of Errors | 第36页 |
| ·Final Marks of the Essays | 第36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Results and Discussion | 第37-54页 |
| ·Relation Between Collocation Frequency and Writing Score | 第37-40页 |
| ·Relation Between Significant Collocation Frequency and Writing Score | 第38-39页 |
| ·Relation Between Incorrect Collocation Frequency and Writing Score | 第39页 |
| ·Relation Between S-I Difference and Writing Score | 第39-40页 |
| ·Collocation Comparison Between HG & LG | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Developmental Pattern of Collocation Use in Different Groups | 第42-54页 |
| ·Comparison of Collocate Frequency of Four KWICs in Both Groups | 第42-46页 |
| ·Comparison of Typical Improper Collocations Between HG and LG | 第46-51页 |
| ·Collocation Comparison in Terms of Collocation Complexity and Density | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54页 |
| ·The Implication for EFL Teaching in Chinese Context | 第54-57页 |
| ·Using Collocation as Input Unit in English Teaching and Learning | 第55页 |
| ·Using Collocation as Unit Output in English Teaching and Learning | 第55-56页 |
| ·Collocations as One of the Focuses of Syllabus and Test | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第57-58页 |
| Reference | 第58-61页 |
| Appendix A | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix B | 第62-63页 |
