| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Importance of vocabulary in second language learning | 第8-9页 |
| ·Current English vocabulary learning and teaching in China | 第9-10页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-26页 |
| ·The Nature of Vocabulary and Vocabulary Acquisition | 第12-21页 |
| ·What is a word? | 第12-13页 |
| ·Larger lexical items | 第13-14页 |
| ·The size of English vocabulary | 第14页 |
| ·The complex nature of vocabulary | 第14-17页 |
| ·The incremental nature of vocabulary acquisition | 第17-19页 |
| ·Contextualized Environment and Vocabulary Learning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Explicit learning and incidental learning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Autonomous Vocabulary Learning | 第21-26页 |
| ·Defining learner autonomy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Defining autonomous learners | 第22-23页 |
| ·From Teacher Dependence to Learning Autonomy | 第23-24页 |
| ·Learner autonomy in vocabulary building | 第24-25页 |
| ·Learner autonomy and vocabulary teaching | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第26-27页 |
| CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH METHODS | 第27-31页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第27-29页 |
| ·the reliability of the questionnaire | 第29页 |
| ·Procedures | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER 5 DATA ANALYSIS | 第31-54页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of Beliefs on Autonomous Learning | 第31-36页 |
| ·The perceived nature of vocabulary and vocabulary acquisition | 第31-33页 |
| ·The role of teacher | 第33-34页 |
| ·The role of feedback | 第34-35页 |
| ·Sense of self-efficacy (items 6, 11) | 第35-36页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of Meta-cognitive Knowledge and Behavior | 第36-39页 |
| ·Planning and implementing in vocabulary learning (including item 12, 14, 17) | 第36-37页 |
| ·Selective attention (Items 18, 19 and 21) | 第37-38页 |
| ·Evaluation and monitoring (Items 15, 20 and 23) | 第38-39页 |
| ·Preview and review (Items 13, 16 and 22) | 第39页 |
| ·Cognitive-Memory Strategies | 第39-54页 |
| ·Memory cognitive (Items 25, 28, 30, 33, 37, 39 and 41) | 第41-42页 |
| ·Functional practice strategies (Items 24, 29, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 43) | 第42-45页 |
| ·Affective strategy (Items 26 and 35) | 第45页 |
| ·Compensation strategies | 第45-47页 |
| ·Vocabulary Autonomous Learning and EFL Learning Achievement | 第47-49页 |
| ·T-test between much more successful learners and less successful Iearners | 第49-54页 |
| CHAPTER 6 RESULTS AND CONCLUSION | 第54-63页 |
| ·Discussion and Implication of the Study | 第54-60页 |
| ·Positive beliefs about vocabulary autonomous learning | 第54-55页 |
| ·The current ability of vocabulary autonomous learning of college students needs to be improved | 第55-57页 |
| ·Positive Relation between Language Proficiency and Learner Autonomy | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications to vocabulary teaching and learning | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Limitation of the Study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第61-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-69页 |
| APPENDICES | 第69-80页 |
| Appendix A | 第69-75页 |
| Appendix B | 第75-80页 |
