| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research purpose and significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·The overall structure of the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·An overview on vocabulary | 第13-15页 |
| ·Definition of vocabulary | 第13页 |
| ·English vocabulary teaching | 第13-14页 |
| ·Interest related to English vocabulary teaching and learning | 第14-15页 |
| ·Situational teaching method | 第15-24页 |
| ·Definition of situation and situational teaching | 第15-16页 |
| ·Situational teaching method | 第16-19页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation of situational teaching method | 第19-24页 |
| ·Research on the application of situational teaching method in vocabularyteaching | 第24-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on the application of situational teaching method invocabulary teaching abroad | 第24-26页 |
| ·Previous studies on the application of situational teaching method invocabulary teaching at home | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第28-45页 |
| ·Research design | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research purpose | 第28页 |
| ·Research questions | 第28页 |
| ·Research participants | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第29-32页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第29-30页 |
| ·Test | 第30-31页 |
| ·Interview | 第31页 |
| ·SPSS 17.0 | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pre-experiment | 第32页 |
| ·While-experiment | 第32页 |
| ·Post-experiment | 第32-33页 |
| ·Teaching experiment | 第33-45页 |
| ·Teaching design | 第33-37页 |
| ·Teaching case | 第37-45页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第45-56页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of Research Question One | 第45-50页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of pre-questionnaires in CC and EC | 第45-47页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of two questionnaires in CC | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of two questionnaires in EC | 第48-49页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of post-questionnaires between CC andEC | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of Research Question Two | 第50-53页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of Test 1 between CC and EC | 第50-51页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion of Test 2 between CC and EC | 第51-53页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of interview | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-61页 |
| ·Major findings | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix I: Questionnaire on student’s interest (Chinese Version) | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix II: Interview for students | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix III: Test 1 of Vocabulary | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix IV: Test 2 of vocabulary | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix V：Scores of pre-questionnaire of EC and CC | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix VI：Scores of post-questionnaire of EC and CC | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix VII：Scores of Test 1 and Test 2 | 第75-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| The list of the research papers published by the author | 第77-78页 |
