| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chaper I Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第8-12页 |
| 1.2 Research significance and aim | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| 2.1 Study on the context theory | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Concept | 第14-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Function | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Study on the vocabulary teaching | 第18-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Vocabulary knowledge | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Vocabulary acquisition approaches | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.3 Vocabulary learning strategy | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Research on the application of context theory to English vocabulary teaching | 第23-27页 |
| 2.3.1 Foreign study | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3.2 Domestic study | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter III Research Design | 第27-46页 |
| 3.1 Research hypotheses | 第27页 |
| 3.2 Research subjects | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Research instruments | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3.1 Teaching materials | 第28页 |
| 3.3.2 Test papers | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3.3 A questionnaire | 第29-30页 |
| 3.4 Research Procedure | 第30-31页 |
| 3.5 Teaching procedure | 第31-44页 |
| 3.5.1 Teaching procedure in the controlled class | 第31页 |
| 3.5.2 Teaching procedure in the experimental class | 第31-44页 |
| 3.5.2.1 Methods of vocabulary presentation in the experimental class | 第32-38页 |
| 3.5.2.2 Methods of vocabulary consolidation in the experimental class | 第38-44页 |
| 3.6 Data collection and analysis | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter IV Results and Discussion | 第46-57页 |
| 4.1 Effect on the students’ mastery of word meaning | 第46-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Effect on students as a whole | 第46-47页 |
| 4.1.2 Effect on students of different English proficiency | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2 Effect on the students’ability to guess the word meaning in the context | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Effect on students as a whole | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Effect on students of different English proficiency | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3 Effect on the students’ English vocabulary learning strategy | 第52-57页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第57-62页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the research | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2 Teaching enlightenment and suggestion | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2.1 Set the context to stimulate students' interest in learning | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.2 Guide the students to master efficient vocabulary learning strategies | 第59页 |
| 5.2.3 Put the students in the dominant position and encourage them to participate inthe activity actively | 第59页 |
| 5.2.4 Take the students’ differences into consideration while teaching | 第59-60页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
