| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Aims of the study | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-40页 |
| ·Theories concerning L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第18-28页 |
| ·The nature of L2 vocabulary acquisition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning through reading | 第19-21页 |
| ·The involvement load hypothesis and L2 vocabulary acquisition | 第21-23页 |
| ·The input-output hypothesis and L2 vocabulary acquisition | 第23-24页 |
| ·The focus & enrichment hypothesis and L2 vocabulary acquisition | 第24-26页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·The limited capacity hypothesis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Empirical studies of different factors affecting L2 incidental vocabularyacquisition | 第28-36页 |
| ·Effect of topic familiarity on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第29-31页 |
| ·Effect of passage sight vocabulary on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第31-33页 |
| ·Effect of syntactic knowledge on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第33-34页 |
| ·Effect of reading proficiency on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第34-36页 |
| ·Limitations in the previous studies on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第40-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第40页 |
| ·Experimental design | 第40-47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41-47页 |
| ·Questionnaire of topic familiarity | 第41-42页 |
| ·Test of passage sight vocabulary | 第42-43页 |
| ·Test of syntactic knowledge | 第43-44页 |
| ·L2 reading proficiency test | 第44页 |
| ·Target words | 第44-45页 |
| ·L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition test | 第45-47页 |
| ·Data collection | 第47-48页 |
| ·Scoring schemes for the tests | 第48-49页 |
| ·Interrater reliability | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS and DISCUSSION | 第50-60页 |
| ·Results | 第50-55页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics for L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第50-51页 |
| ·Correlation matrix | 第51-52页 |
| ·Regression analysis of L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第52-55页 |
| ·Discussions | 第55-60页 |
| ·A significant effect of topic familiarity on L2 incidental vocabularyacquisition | 第56-57页 |
| ·A significant effect of passage sight vocabulary on L2 incidental vocabularyacquisition | 第57-58页 |
| ·A significant effect of reading comprehension on L2 incidental vocabularyacquisition | 第58-59页 |
| ·No significant effect of syntactic knowledge on L2 incidental vocabularyacquisition | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第60-64页 |
| ·Major findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications | 第61-62页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第61页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| REFERENCES | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix I | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix II | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix III | 第74-78页 |
| Appendix IV | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix V | 第82-83页 |
