| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-15页 |
| ·Objective and significance of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第17-32页 |
| ·Previous researches on incidental vocabulary learning | 第17-25页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning from reading | 第17-20页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning from listening | 第20-21页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning from glossing | 第21-22页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning from inferencing | 第22-24页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning from generation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research on the Involvement Load Hypothesis | 第25-32页 |
| ·The three involvement components | 第26页 |
| ·The Involvement Load Index | 第26-27页 |
| ·Empirical evidence for the Involvement Load Hypothesis | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter three Methodology | 第32-40页 |
| ·Research hypothesis | 第32页 |
| ·Research methods | 第32-37页 |
| ·Participants | 第33页 |
| ·Reading materials | 第33-34页 |
| ·Target words | 第34-35页 |
| ·Tasks | 第35-37页 |
| ·Procedure and tests | 第37-40页 |
| ·Procedure | 第37-38页 |
| ·Testing | 第38-39页 |
| ·Scoring | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter four Results and Discussion | 第40-49页 |
| ·Data analysis on the immediate posttest | 第40-44页 |
| ·Results of the receptive knowledge in the immediate posttest | 第41-42页 |
| ·Results of the productive knowledge in the immediate posttest | 第42-43页 |
| ·Discussion about the results | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data analysis on the delayed posttest | 第44-49页 |
| ·Results of the receptive knowledge in the delayed posttest | 第45-46页 |
| ·Results of the productive knowledge in the delayed posttest | 第46-48页 |
| ·Discussion about the results | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter five Conclusion | 第49-56页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第49-52页 |
| ·Implications of the findings | 第52-54页 |
| ·Limitations of the findings | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-63页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第63-70页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第70-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
