| ACKNOWLEDGES | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Preliminaries: the Role of English in China and Its Vocabulary Instruction | 第17-22页 |
| ·The differences between 'foreign language' and 'second Language' | 第17页 |
| ·The role of English in Chinese society and its bearing on EFL instruction | 第17-18页 |
| ·The characteristics of many large classes and the challenges facing teachers and students | 第18-19页 |
| ·The general effects of EFL instruction in China and the neglect of vocabulary instruction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Some typical vocabulary teaching approach | 第20-21页 |
| ·My experiences in English learning | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter2 A Literature Review of Lexical Approach | 第22-35页 |
| ·Prefabricated language | 第22-29页 |
| ·The psychological processing of language | 第22页 |
| ·Connectionist view of the lexicon: how the L2 or FL lexicon is organized? | 第22-23页 |
| ·How large can a lexical unit be? | 第23-25页 |
| ·Some definitions and examples | 第25-26页 |
| ·what role do they play? | 第26-28页 |
| ·Why are they important? | 第28-29页 |
| ·Michael Lewis' lexical items | 第29-32页 |
| ·Michael Lewis' types of chunks | 第29页 |
| ·The definitions of Lewis' types of chunks | 第29-32页 |
| ·Lexical approach | 第32-35页 |
| ·Background | 第32页 |
| ·Principles, beliefs and main ideas | 第32-33页 |
| ·Activities used to develop learners' knowledge of lexical chains | 第33页 |
| ·The pedagogical implications of the lexical approach | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter3 The Teaching and Learning of Prefabricated Language | 第35-47页 |
| ·Teaching lexical phrases | 第35-41页 |
| ·How learners learn a language | 第35-36页 |
| ·Advantages of teaching lexical phrases | 第36-37页 |
| ·Memory and storage systems | 第37-38页 |
| ·The learning process of lexical chunks | 第38-39页 |
| ·Learning vocabulary by the segmentation of lexical phrases | 第39-41页 |
| ·Explicit instruction and consciousness-raising activities | 第41-44页 |
| ·Explicit instruction versus implicit instruction | 第41-42页 |
| ·Explicit teaching | 第42-43页 |
| ·Teacher's roles and consciousness-raising activities | 第43-44页 |
| ·Encourage independent learning strategies | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology, Results and Discussion | 第47-54页 |
| ·The goal of the study | 第47页 |
| ·The first pilot study | 第47-49页 |
| ·Research question | 第47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第47页 |
| ·Design and method | 第47-48页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第48-49页 |
| ·The second pilot study | 第49-54页 |
| ·Research question | 第49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49页 |
| ·Design | 第49-50页 |
| ·Procedure | 第50-52页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and Future Research Directions | 第54-58页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第54-56页 |
| ·Limitations | 第56-57页 |
| ·Future research | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-63页 |
