| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| Purpose of the study | 第10页 |
| Hypothesis and research questions | 第10页 |
| The organization of the thesis | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Historic Perspective of Vocabulary Learning Strategies | 第13-21页 |
| ·Vocabulary Status in the history | 第13-14页 |
| ·Researches on second language vocabulary acquisition | 第14-16页 |
| ·Implicit and explicit second language vocabulary learning | 第16-17页 |
| ·Memory and depth of processing | 第17-20页 |
| ·Memory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Depth of processing theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Motivation of learners | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review on Vocabulary Learning Strategies | 第21-32页 |
| ·Stoffer's classification of vocabulary learning strategies | 第21页 |
| ·Schmitt's classification of vocabulary learning strategies | 第21-22页 |
| ·Schmitt's and Yoshimitsu's researches on vocabulary learning strategies | 第22-25页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning strategies | 第25-30页 |
| ·Social strategies | 第26页 |
| ·Memory strategies | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cognitive strategies | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategies | 第29-30页 |
| ·Vocabulary Learning Strategies Researches in China | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Design | 第32-36页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32-33页 |
| ·Instruments | 第33-35页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第33-34页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of scores | 第34页 |
| ·Assessment of vocabulary size | 第34-35页 |
| ·Semi-structured interview | 第35页 |
| ·Data-collection | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Analyses | 第36-42页 |
| ·Description of the data obtained | 第36-37页 |
| ·Vocabulary strategies used in General | 第37页 |
| ·The most-frequently used vocabulary learning strategies | 第37-40页 |
| ·The least-frequently used vocabulary learning strategies | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The Assessment Measures of Vocabulary Size | 第42-50页 |
| ·The taxonomy of vocabulary knowledge | 第42-43页 |
| ·Measures to assess receptive vocabulary size | 第43-45页 |
| ·Measures to assess productive vocabulary size | 第45-46页 |
| ·Results and analyses | 第46-47页 |
| ·The relationship between strategies and vocabulary size | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Second Language Vocabulary Teaching | 第50-54页 |
| ·Inferring from context | 第50-51页 |
| ·Integrate new words with the old | 第51页 |
| ·Provide a number of encounters with a word | 第51-52页 |
| ·Word unit analysis | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Pedagogical Implications | 第54-57页 |
| ·Implications for vocabulary instruction | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implications for vocabulary testing | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications for material development | 第56-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaire on Vocabulary Learning Strategies English edition | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Questionnaire on Vocabulary Learning Strategies Chinese edition | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ The Receptive Vocabulary Level Test | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ The Productive Vocabulary Level Test | 第71页 |