| List of Abbreviations | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Present Situation of Comprehensive English Teaching | 第13-15页 |
| ·Traditional Model of Classroom Activities | 第13-14页 |
| ·Limitations and Possibilities of the Adjustment | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Relative Clauses and Relative Clauses Acquisition | 第17-20页 |
| ·Definition of Relative Clauses | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classifications of Relative Clauses | 第18-20页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation of Acquisition of English RCs | 第20-31页 |
| ·Language Transfer | 第20-23页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy | 第26-29页 |
| ·Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第31-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Participants | 第31-32页 |
| ·Experimental Instruments | 第32-36页 |
| ·Oral Presentation Test | 第33页 |
| ·The Multiple Choice Test | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Composition Test | 第34-35页 |
| ·Class Observation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Procedures of the Experiment | 第36-40页 |
| ·Before the Experiment | 第36页 |
| ·During the Experiment | 第36-39页 |
| ·After the Experiment | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第40-56页 |
| ·The Results of the Pre-test | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Results of the Pre-test of Multiple Choice | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Results of the Pre-test of Oral Presentation | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Results of the Pre-test of Composition Test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discussion on the Results of the Pre-test | 第44-49页 |
| ·The Influence of Language Transfer and the Comparative Analysis Hypothesis | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Influence of the NPAH and the PDH | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Results of Post-test and Discussion | 第49-56页 |
| ·The Results of Post-test of Multiple Choice and Discussion | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Results of Post-test of Oral Presentation and Discussion | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Results of Post-test of Composition and Discussion | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Results of Final Examination and Discussion | 第54页 |
| ·The Results of Class Observation and Discussion | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第56-60页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix I The Multiple Choice Test for Pre-test | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix II The Multiple Choice Test for Post-test | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix III Final Examination Paper of the Experimental Semester | 第65-70页 |
| Published Paper | 第70-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
