| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-15页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| 2 A survey of Vocabulary Instruction in a Chinese Common University | 第20-30页 |
| ·Purpose | 第20页 |
| ·Instrument | 第20-21页 |
| ·Objects | 第21页 |
| ·The result:teachers' basic concepts on vocabulary instruction | 第21-30页 |
| ·Consensus on two issues | 第21-23页 |
| ·The importance of vocabulary instruction in English language teaching | 第22-23页 |
| ·One of the major headaches for Chinese college students | 第23页 |
| ·Divergence on two points | 第23-30页 |
| ·The necessity of direct vocabulary instruction in colleges | 第24-26页 |
| ·The arrangement of vocabulary instruction in class | 第26-30页 |
| 3 Three Pairs of Contradictions about Vocabulary Instruction in Chinese Common Colleges and Universities | 第30-50页 |
| ·Teachers and students' opposite attitude to vocabulary exercises | 第30-35页 |
| ·Teachers' opinions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Students' reactions | 第31页 |
| ·The importance of doing vocabulary exercises | 第31-32页 |
| ·Some solutions to the problem | 第32-35页 |
| ·The choice of other sources of vocabulary exercises as supplement to the vocabulary exercises of the textbooks | 第33-34页 |
| ·The combination of the vocabulary exercises with communicative activities | 第34-35页 |
| ·Students' adoption of dictionaries | 第35-44页 |
| ·Teachers' requirements | 第35-37页 |
| ·Students' preferences | 第37-38页 |
| ·The mislead of teachers | 第38-39页 |
| ·Four points to be stressed on dictionary choices and usages | 第39-44页 |
| ·The inappropriateness of bilingual dictionaries and word lists for college English learners | 第40-41页 |
| ·Recommendation of certain types of bilingualized dictionaries to college English learners | 第41-42页 |
| ·The occasion of using the dictionaries | 第42-43页 |
| ·The methods of using the dictionaries | 第43-44页 |
| ·Teachers' further study on lexical instruction and acquisition | 第44-50页 |
| ·Teachers' beliefs about the importance of researching on lexical teaching | 第45页 |
| ·The status of teachers' book learning in reality | 第45-48页 |
| ·Some authoritative books on vocabulary teáching and learning | 第48-50页 |
| 4 Four Main Problems in Vocabulary Teaching | 第50-76页 |
| ·Creating environment for students to practice the words they have just learned | 第50-53页 |
| ·Achieving vocabulary enrichment as well as oral competence improvement at the same time | 第53-55页 |
| ·Remembering words efficiently | 第55-66页 |
| ·Some effective mnemonics to be introduced to the students | 第57-65页 |
| ·Associative mnemonic methods | 第58-61页 |
| ·Placing new words into a context | 第61-62页 |
| ·Resorting to the pronunciations of the words | 第62页 |
| ·Making vocabulary cards | 第62-64页 |
| ·Rote repetition | 第64-65页 |
| ·Discussion on lists of words | 第65-66页 |
| ·Some suggestions for teachers' instruction on mnemonics | 第66页 |
| ·Leading students to learn vocabulary independently | 第66-76页 |
| ·The main reason for students' being dependent in vocabulary learning | 第68-71页 |
| ·Instructing students to do extensive reading after class | 第71-73页 |
| ·Strategies for students to be independent | 第73-76页 |
| 5 Two Aspects Need to Be Improved | 第76-86页 |
| ·Teachers' vocabulary teaching approaches | 第76-81页 |
| ·Teachers' traditional techniques | 第76-78页 |
| ·Some specific teaching methods | 第78-80页 |
| ·The word wall approach | 第78-79页 |
| ·Teaching vocabulary in color | 第79-80页 |
| ·Teaching vocabulary with computers | 第80-81页 |
| ·The dimension of teachers' vocabulary instruction | 第81-86页 |
| ·The superficiality of teachers' vocabulary instruction | 第81-82页 |
| ·Instructions on the pragmatic and cultural meanings of words | 第82-86页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第86-89页 |
| References | 第89-97页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第97-102页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第102页 |
