| List of Table | 第1-8页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| ·Review on English vocabulary teaching status | 第15-17页 |
| ·Review abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Review at home | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research on vocabulary learning strategies | 第17-19页 |
| ·Review on the relationship between vocabulary and reading | 第19-22页 |
| ·Review abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Review at home | 第21-22页 |
| ·Research on reading strategies | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第24-30页 |
| ·Concept and classification of context | 第24-26页 |
| ·Concept of context | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classification of context | 第25-26页 |
| ·Usage of context in English vocabulary learning | 第26-28页 |
| ·Context strategy | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Understanding vocabulary development | 第30-38页 |
| ·Vocabulary selection | 第30页 |
| ·The goal of vocabulary teaching | 第30-31页 |
| ·Approaches to learn English vocabulary | 第31-33页 |
| ·Explicit vocabulary teaching | 第32页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning | 第32页 |
| ·Independent strategic development | 第32-33页 |
| ·The role of contextual and non-contextual factors in vocabulary learning | 第33-36页 |
| ·Contextual factor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Non-contextual factor—dictionary | 第35-36页 |
| ·Active vocabulary and passive vocabulary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Vocabulary learning through reading | 第38-48页 |
| ·Reading material selection | 第38-41页 |
| ·The threshold vocabulary for reading | 第41-42页 |
| ·Intensive and extensive reading | 第42-44页 |
| ·Some guidelines for teaching vocabulary in reading | 第44-45页 |
| ·The limitations of vocabulary learning through reading | 第45-46页 |
| ·Problems easily neglected in vocabulary teaching | 第46-48页 |
| ·The best presentation of vocabulary teaching | 第46页 |
| ·Repeating may lead to more long-lasting memories | 第46页 |
| ·The re-understanding of foreign language learning by rote | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Methodology | 第48-56页 |
| ·Objectives of the research | 第48页 |
| ·Subjects of the research | 第48-49页 |
| ·Instruments of the research | 第49-50页 |
| ·Procedures of the research | 第50-52页 |
| ·Procedure of the survey | 第50页 |
| ·Procedure of the experiment | 第50-52页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Results of the survey | 第52页 |
| ·Results of the experiment | 第52-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix I | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix II | 第60-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第67页 |