| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES | 第9-11页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| CONTENTS | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Methodology of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-43页 |
| ·Lexical Knowledge and Its Development | 第20-33页 |
| ·Definition and dimensions | 第20-23页 |
| ·Passive vocabulary& active vocabulary | 第23-24页 |
| ·Measurement of passive and active vocabulary | 第24-26页 |
| ·Relationship between passive and active vocabulary | 第26-29页 |
| ·Studies on passive vocabulary & active vocabulary | 第26-28页 |
| ·Research results | 第28-29页 |
| ·Development of passive vocabulary & active vocabulary | 第29-31页 |
| ·Limitations | 第31-33页 |
| ·Learning Strategy and Vocabulary Learning Strategy | 第33-43页 |
| ·Learning strategy:definition and classification | 第33-35页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning strategy:definition and classification | 第35-37页 |
| ·The development of vocabulary learning strategy | 第37-38页 |
| ·The interrelationship of vocabulary proficiency and vocabulary learning strategy | 第38-41页 |
| ·Limitations | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第43-55页 |
| ·Objectives | 第43-44页 |
| ·Participants | 第44-45页 |
| ·Cross-sectional study of vocabulary proficiency | 第44页 |
| ·Longitudinal study of vocabulary proficiency | 第44-45页 |
| ·Comparison of vocabulary learning strategy of different grades | 第45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45-52页 |
| ·Tests on vocabulary size (passive and active vocabulary) | 第45-47页 |
| ·The vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire design | 第47-52页 |
| ·Procedures | 第52-55页 |
| ·Scoring | 第53页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four THE RESULTS | 第55-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·Active & Passive Vocabulary of English Majors | 第55-64页 |
| ·Sizes of active & passive vocabulary of English majors in different grades | 第55-62页 |
| ·Development of passive & active vocabularies of English majors | 第62-64页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning strategies | 第64-81页 |
| ·Differences in vocabulary learning motivation, belief and strategy employed by students in grade one and grade three | 第64-69页 |
| ·Differences of vocabulary learning motivation, belief, and strategy of proficient & less proficient vocabulary learners | 第69-81页 |
| Chapter Five DISCUSSION | 第81-91页 |
| ·Active & Passive Vocabulary of English Majors | 第81-84页 |
| ·Sizes of passive & active vocabulary of English majors in different grades | 第81-82页 |
| ·A comparison with the requirements of vocabulary specified inEnglish Syllabus for English Majors (2000) | 第82-83页 |
| ·Development of passive & active vocabularies of English majors | 第83-84页 |
| ·Vocabulary Learning Strategies | 第84-88页 |
| ·Differences of vocabulary learning motivation, belief and strategy employed by students in grade one and grade three | 第84-85页 |
| ·Differences of vocabulary learning strategies employed by proficient & less proficient vocabulary learners | 第85-88页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第88-89页 |
| ·Suggestions for Vocabulary Learning Instruction | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第91-93页 |
| REFERENCES | 第93-99页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ | 第99-104页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ | 第104-109页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ | 第109-113页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ | 第113-116页 |
