| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-10页 |
| ·OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY | 第8页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第8-9页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE DISSERTATION | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第10-21页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS | 第10-13页 |
| ·Input Processing Instruction (IP) | 第10-11页 |
| ·Traditional Instruction (TI) | 第11-12页 |
| ·The English Definite Article | 第12-13页 |
| ·THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF INPUT PROCESSING INSTRUCTION | 第13-14页 |
| ·PREVIOUS RESEARCHES: IP VERSUS TI | 第14-15页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCHES | 第15-16页 |
| ·TARGET GRAMMAR FEATURE: THE ENGLISH DEFINITE ARTICLE | 第16-21页 |
| ·Role of the English definite article | 第16-17页 |
| ·Reasons for the difficulty of the English definite article | 第17-18页 |
| ·The rules of the English definite article in this study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous researches about the English article system | 第19-20页 |
| ·Limitations of the previous researches | 第20-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE CURRENT STUDY | 第21-35页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第21页 |
| ·PARTICIPANTS | 第21-22页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTS | 第22-25页 |
| ·Pilot test | 第22-24页 |
| ·Pretest | 第24页 |
| ·Immediate Posttest | 第24-25页 |
| ·Delayed Posttest | 第25页 |
| ·INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGES | 第25-27页 |
| ·IP treatment | 第25-26页 |
| ·TI treatment | 第26-27页 |
| ·PROCEDURE | 第27-28页 |
| ·RESULTS | 第28-35页 |
| ·Immediate and retained improvements of IP and TI in regular-rule group | 第28-29页 |
| ·Immediate and retained improvements of IP and TI in less regular-rule group | 第29-31页 |
| ·Different improvements of two IP subgroups for two types of 'the' | 第31-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DISCUSSION | 第35-39页 |
| ·EQUAL IMPROVEMENTS IN IP AND TI | 第35-36页 |
| ·DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO TYPES OF 'THE' | 第36-37页 |
| ·RETAINED IMPROVEMENTS IN IP AND TI | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第39-41页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE STUDY | 第39页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第39-40页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第40-41页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第41-42页 |
| REFERENCES | 第42-45页 |
| APPENDIX 1: PILOT TEST | 第45-46页 |
| APPENDIX 2: PRETEST | 第46-48页 |
| APPENDIX 3: IMMEDIATE POSTTEST FOR THE GROUP RELEARNING THE REGULAR RULES OF THE ENGLISH DEFINITE ARTICLE | 第48-49页 |
| APPENDIX 4: IMMEDIATE POSTTEST FOR THE GROUP RELEARNING THE LESS REGULAR RULES OF THE ENGLISH DEFINITE ARTICLE | 第49-50页 |
| APPENDIX 5: TEACHING GUIDE FOR IP AND TI | 第50-51页 |
| APPENDIX 6: STRUCTURED INPUT ACTIVITIES FOR IP | 第51-52页 |
| APPENDIX 7: ACTIVITIES FOR TI | 第52-53页 |
| APPENDIX 8：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第53-54页 |
| 独创性声明 | 第54页 |
| 学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第54页 |
