| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-18页 |
| ·Studies Carried out abroad | 第12-15页 |
| ·Studies Carried out at Home | 第15-16页 |
| ·Question Types of Listening Comprehension | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Rationale | 第18-27页 |
| ·Theories on Working Memory | 第18-21页 |
| ·Working Memory in Human Information Processing System | 第18-19页 |
| ·Working Memory Models | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Resource Sharing Theory | 第21页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Nature of Listening Comprehension | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Process of Listening Comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Features of English Listening Comprehension | 第24-25页 |
| ·Working Memory and English Listening Comprehension | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Method | 第27-34页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第27页 |
| ·Participants | 第27-28页 |
| ·Instruments | 第28-29页 |
| ·English Working Memory Span Task | 第28-29页 |
| ·Chinese Working Memory Span Task | 第29页 |
| ·English Listening Comprehension Test | 第29页 |
| ·Variables | 第29-32页 |
| ·Procedures | 第32-34页 |
| ·Tests for the Two Working Memory Spans | 第32页 |
| ·Test for English Listening Comprehension | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第34-49页 |
| ·Results of the Study | 第34-40页 |
| ·Reliability of the Test for Listening Comprehension | 第34-35页 |
| ·Findings from Descriptive Statistics of Raw Data Collected | 第35-36页 |
| ·Result of Correlation Analyses on CWMS, EWMS and ELCA | 第36-37页 |
| ·Result of Multiple Regression Analysis on CWMS, EWMS and ELCA | 第37-38页 |
| ·Result of Correlation Analyses on English Working Memory Span and the Scores of Two Types of Question (the GQA and the LQA) | 第38页 |
| ·Result of t-test on English Working Memory Span and the Score of Two Types of Question (the GQA and the LQA) | 第38-40页 |
| ·General Discussion | 第40-49页 |
| ·Chinese Working Memory Span Is Correlated with English Working Memory Span | 第40-42页 |
| ·Chinese Working Memory Span Is Wider than English Working Memory Span | 第42-43页 |
| ·Working Memory Span Is an Important Cognitive Factor that Influences English Listening Comprehension | 第43-46页 |
| ·There Is Stronger Correlation Between LQA and EWMS than Between GQA and EWMS | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter 6 Findings and Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第49页 |
| ·Implications to Pedagogy | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research | 第50-51页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-57页 |
| Appendices | 第57-68页 |
| Appendix A | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix B | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix C | 第62-68页 |
| Abbreviations | 第68-69页 |
| List of Figures | 第69-70页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第70-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
