| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research aim and research questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-34页 |
| 2.1 Fundamentals of SLA | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Approaches to the study of SLA | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Krashen's Input Hypothesis(Monitor Model) | 第20-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Swain's Output Hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Implicit knowledge and explicit knowledge | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition and their distinction | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Interface between implicit and explicit knowledge | 第26页 |
| 2.3 Operationalization of implicit and explicit knowledge | 第26-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Measures to elicit implicit and explicit knowledge | 第26-30页 |
| 2.3.2 Factors that influence the elicitation of implicit/explicit knowledge | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Researches in the Chinese context and their limitations | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第34-40页 |
| 3.1 Participants | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Test content | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3 Test procedure and scoring methods | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 Data analysis methods | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussions | 第40-59页 |
| 4.1 Synchronicity of the development of implicit and explicit knowledge | 第40-54页 |
| 4.1.1 High-proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第40-45页 |
| 4.1.1.1 Correlation between the global scores | 第40-41页 |
| 4.1.1.2 The overall performance and individual cases | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Low-proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第45-54页 |
| 4.1.2.1 Correlation between the global scores | 第45-46页 |
| 4.1.2.2 The overall performance and individual cases | 第46-54页 |
| 4.2 Differences in low-and high-proficiency learners' development of grammatical knowledge | 第54-59页 |
| 4.2.1 Differences in the development of explicit grammatical knowledge | 第54-56页 |
| 4.2.2 Differences in the development of implicit grammatical knowledge | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-65页 |
| 5.1 Summary of the important findings | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the study | 第60-61页 |
| 5.3 Limitation of the current study and suggestions for further studies | 第61-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-70页 |
