| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organizations of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Representative Studies of Lexical Chunks | 第19-40页 |
| ·The Nature of Lexical Chunks | 第19-22页 |
| ·Definition of Lexical Chunks | 第22-24页 |
| ·Classification of Lexical Chunks | 第24-27页 |
| ·Functions of Lexical Chunks | 第27-30页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks Can Reduce the Processing Effort | 第27-28页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks Are Key to Idiomaticity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks Appear to Be Pedagogically Useful | 第29-30页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks and Language Acquisition | 第30-35页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks in First Language Acquisition | 第30-32页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks in Second Language Acquisition | 第32-35页 |
| ·Lexical Chunks and Vocabulary Teaching | 第35-40页 |
| ·Traditional Vocabulary Teaching Methods | 第35-36页 |
| ·Researches on the Application of Lexical Chunks Abroad | 第36-38页 |
| ·Researches on the Application of Lexical Chunks At Home | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology and Procedures of the Study | 第40-48页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第41-46页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第41-42页 |
| ·Teaching Treatment | 第42-46页 |
| ·Posttest | 第46页 |
| ·Interview with Students in Experimental Class | 第46页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第48-64页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第48-58页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Pretest | 第48-51页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Posttest | 第51-54页 |
| ·A Vertical Analysis of Experimental Class Students’ Performance in the Pretest and Posttest | 第54-57页 |
| ·Description of Students’Attitude towards the Approach of Lexical Chunks | 第57-58页 |
| ·Discussion | 第58-64页 |
| ·The Relationship between Lexical Chunk Approach and EFL Learners’Vocabulary Learning | 第58-61页 |
| ·The Correlation between Lexical Chunk Approach and Learners’Ability to Identify Lexical Chunks | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Pedagogical Implications | 第64-71页 |
| ·Generation of Vocabulary Teaching Methods | 第64-66页 |
| ·Emphasis on both the Input and Output in Language Learning | 第66-68页 |
| ·Cultivation of Students’Autonomous Learning | 第68页 |
| ·Enhancing Students’Confidence in Language Learning | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第71-73页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix 1 Pretest | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix 2 Posttest | 第81-82页 |
