| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Studies on vocabulary teaching and learning | 第15-17页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching and learning | 第15-16页 |
| ·Senior high school English vocabulary teaching and learning | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on vocabulary learning strategies | 第17-21页 |
| ·The concept of vocabulary learning strategies | 第17-18页 |
| ·The development of vocabulary learning strategies | 第18-21页 |
| ·Studies on vocabulary teaching strategies | 第21-25页 |
| ·The concept of vocabulary teaching strategies | 第21-22页 |
| ·The development of methods of vocabulary teaching | 第22-23页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching in direct method | 第23页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching in audio-lingual method | 第23页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching in ocgnitive method | 第23-24页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching in communicative teaching method | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第25-42页 |
| ·Category and categorization | 第25-27页 |
| ·The prototype theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·Theory of levels of categorization | 第30-35页 |
| ·Characteristics of basic-level categories | 第31-33页 |
| ·Characteristics of superordinate categories | 第33-34页 |
| ·Characteristics of subordinate categories | 第34-35页 |
| ·Value of theories of categorization in vocabulary teaching and learning | 第35-42页 |
| ·Value of prototype theory in vocabulary teaching and learning | 第35-37页 |
| ·Value of theory of levels of categorization in vocabulary teaching and learning | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第42-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-45页 |
| ·Questionnaires and interview | 第43-45页 |
| ·The interview | 第43-44页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第44-45页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第45页 |
| ·Post-tests | 第45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45-50页 |
| ·Pre-class preparation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Classroom presentation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Consolidation in and out of classroom | 第48-49页 |
| ·Post tests for the prospective results | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第50-61页 |
| ·Experimental results | 第50-59页 |
| ·The interriew | 第50-52页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第52-55页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第55-56页 |
| ·Post-test 1 and Post-test 2 | 第56-59页 |
| ·Discussions | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Implications of the study for nominal vocabulary teaching in senior high schools | 第62-64页 |
| ·Word tree-planting method | 第62页 |
| ·Word grouping method | 第62-63页 |
| ·Word formation method | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestion for further studies | 第64-65页 |
| References | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix A The Interview | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix B Questionnaire | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix C Pre-test | 第71-74页 |
| Appendix D Post-test 1 | 第74-77页 |
| Appendix E Post-test 2 | 第77-78页 |
