| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abbreviations | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9页 |
| List of Table | 第9-10页 |
| List of Appendices | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-38页 |
| ·Overview | 第19页 |
| ·General studies on vocabulary learning | 第19-22页 |
| ·Importance of vocabulary learning in SLA | 第19-20页 |
| ·Acquisition/Learning | 第20-21页 |
| ·What does it mean to know a word? | 第21-22页 |
| ·Modes of vocabulary learning | 第22-25页 |
| ·Incidental and intentional learning | 第22页 |
| ·Indirect/direct learning,implicit/explicit learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Contexualized vs.decontexualized vocabulary learning | 第23-25页 |
| ·Incidental vs.intentional vocabulary learning | 第25-27页 |
| ·Empirical research about incidental and intentional vocabulary learning | 第27-31页 |
| ·Empirical research abroad | 第27-29页 |
| ·Empirical research in China | 第29-31页 |
| ·Limitations in the empirical research into the incidental and intentional vocabulary learning | 第31页 |
| ·Vocabulary retention from the cognitive perspective | 第31-37页 |
| ·Three memories | 第31-32页 |
| ·Depth-of-Processing theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Vocabulary studies based on the Depth of Processing Theory | 第34-35页 |
| ·Forgetting | 第35-37页 |
| ·Decay Theory | 第35-36页 |
| ·Interference Theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary of previous studies | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第38-43页 |
| ·Overview | 第38页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第38-41页 |
| ·Specific types of incidental and intentional learning under investigation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Vocabulary knowledge types under investigation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conceptual framework of the present research | 第40-41页 |
| ·Variables in the present study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Specific research questions | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第43-51页 |
| ·Overview | 第43页 |
| ·Participants | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instrumentsv | 第44-47页 |
| ·The target words | 第44-45页 |
| ·The reading passage | 第45-46页 |
| ·Wordlist | 第46页 |
| ·Two tests—an immediate vocabulary test and a delayed vocabulary test | 第46-47页 |
| ·Procedures | 第47-49页 |
| ·The pilot study | 第47-48页 |
| ·The main research project | 第48-49页 |
| ·Two different tasks | 第48-49页 |
| ·Distracters | 第49页 |
| ·Immediate vocabulary test | 第49页 |
| ·Delayed vocabulary test | 第49页 |
| ·Tests scoring | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis | 第50页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Results | 第51-61页 |
| ·Overview | 第51页 |
| ·Results of the immediate vocabulary test | 第51-53页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the results for the two groups in the immediate test | 第51-52页 |
| ·Independent-Samples T-test analysis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Results of the delayed vocabulary test | 第53-55页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the results for the two groups in the delayed vocabulary test | 第53-54页 |
| ·Independent-Samples T-test analysis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Comparison between the immediate vocabulary test and the delayed vocabulary test for each learning group | 第55-59页 |
| ·Comparison between the immediate vocabulary test and the delayed vocabulary test for the incidental learning group | 第55-57页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the two tests for the incidental learning group | 第55-56页 |
| ·Paired-Samples T-test analysis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Comparison between the immediate vocabulary test and the delayed vocabulary test for the intentional learning group | 第57-59页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the two tests for the intentional learning group | 第57-58页 |
| ·Paired-Samples T-test analysis | 第58-59页 |
| ·Correlation tests between reading performance and vocabulary retention effect | 第59-60页 |
| ·Results of the question for the intentional learning group | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Diseussions | 第61-68页 |
| ·Overview | 第61页 |
| ·Findings from the results of two vocabulary tests | 第61-62页 |
| ·Discussion about the findings in the present research | 第62-67页 |
| ·Effectof cognition on vocabulary learning | 第62-63页 |
| ·The role of text comprehension in incidental vocabulary learning | 第63页 |
| ·Effect of encoding in context on vocabulary retention | 第63-65页 |
| ·Effect of frequency of exposure to words on vocabulary retention | 第65-66页 |
| ·Effects of forgetting on vocabulary retention | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions | 第68-72页 |
| ·Overview | 第68页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications | 第69-70页 |
| ·Forming a cognitive view in vocabulary instruction | 第69页 |
| ·Integration of the incidental and intentional learning | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations and recommendations for future study | 第70-72页 |
| References | 第72-78页 |
| Appendices | 第78-90页 |
