| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-17页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第14-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-33页 |
| ·Language and thought | 第17-23页 |
| ·The definition of language | 第17-18页 |
| ·The definition of thought | 第18页 |
| ·The relationship between language and thought | 第18-23页 |
| ·Theories underlying Content-Based Instruction (CBI) | 第23-25页 |
| ·The definition of Content-based Instruction | 第23页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations of CBI | 第23-25页 |
| ·Cummins' theories concerning bilingual education | 第25-30页 |
| ·BICS and CALP | 第25-27页 |
| ·Common Underlying Proficiency Hypothesis | 第27-29页 |
| ·Threshold Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Studies on the relationship between L2 proficiency and academic achievement | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN | 第33-36页 |
| ·Participants | 第33-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data collection and analyses | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS | 第36-59页 |
| ·The relationship between L2 proficiency and academic achievement | 第36-49页 |
| ·The influence of L2 proficiency on mathematical problem solving | 第36-47页 |
| ·The relationship between English proficiency and the difficulties participants are confronted with in the test | 第47-49页 |
| ·Strategies in the problem solving process | 第49-53页 |
| ·Types of strategies adopted in the problem solving process | 第49-51页 |
| ·The relationship between the use of strategies, L2 proficiency and mathematical competence | 第51-53页 |
| ·The relationship between mathematical competence and performance in the test | 第53-59页 |
| ·Findings from the test scores | 第53-54页 |
| ·Findings from the questionnaire | 第54-57页 |
| ·Findings from the interview | 第57-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION | 第59-67页 |
| ·Summary of the major results | 第59-60页 |
| ·Discussion of the findings | 第60-65页 |
| ·Discussion on the relationship between L2 proficiency and maths problem solving | 第60-63页 |
| ·Discussion on the use of the relationship between strategies and language proficiency or content knowledge | 第63-65页 |
| ·Other findings worth noticing in the study | 第65-67页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第67-71页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第68-70页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research | 第70页 |
| ·Concluding remarks | 第70-71页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第71-76页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ: MATHEMATICS TEST (ENGLISH VERSION) | 第76-80页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ: MATHEMATICS TEST (CHINESE VERSION) | 第80-83页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ：《关于思维与语言对获取知识的影响的调查问卷》 | 第83-85页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ: INTERVIEW RECORD | 第85页 |
