| Achnowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第10页 |
| ·General background of the study in vocabulary learning and teaching | 第10-12页 |
| ·An outline of the thesis | 第12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Developments in the teaching of vocabulary | 第12-16页 |
| ·Current trends in vocabulary teaching and learning | 第16-20页 |
| ·Features of English vocabulary | 第20-21页 |
| ·Vocabulary knowledge | 第21-22页 |
| ·The principles of teaching and learning vocabulary | 第22-24页 |
| ·Strategies for vocabulary learning | 第24-25页 |
| 3 Rationale | 第25-28页 |
| ·Word memory | 第25-26页 |
| ·The theory of Depths of Processing | 第26-28页 |
| 4 Topic-based vocabulary teaching | 第28-35页 |
| ·The selection of vocabulary | 第28-30页 |
| ·The selection of topics | 第30-31页 |
| ·The principles of topic selection | 第31-32页 |
| ·Topic-based vocabulary teaching activities | 第32-35页 |
| ·Purposes of topic-based vocabulary teaching activities | 第33-34页 |
| ·Learner-directed activity | 第34页 |
| ·The teachers' role in topic-based vocabulary learning activities | 第34-35页 |
| ·Types of topic-based vocabulary learning activities | 第35页 |
| 5 Experimental method | 第35-39页 |
| ·Research hypotheses | 第35-36页 |
| ·Experimental design | 第36-37页 |
| ·Factors and variables | 第36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36-37页 |
| ·Measure instruments | 第37页 |
| ·Experimental process | 第37-39页 |
| ·Investigation into the subjects | 第37-38页 |
| ·Teaching procedures | 第38-39页 |
| ·Vocabulary tests | 第39页 |
| 6 Results and discussion | 第39-44页 |
| ·Comparison of results in word memory | 第39-40页 |
| ·Comparison of results in vocabulary knowledge | 第40页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第40-41页 |
| ·Discussion | 第41-44页 |
| ·Effects of topic-based vocabulary learning strategy on word memory | 第42-44页 |
| ·Topic-based vocabulary learning strategy and the development of vocabulary knowledge | 第44页 |
| 7 Pedagogical implications | 第44-46页 |
| 8 Conclusions | 第46-48页 |
| Notes | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-56页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire of vocabulary learning strategy | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix 2 Topics and target words | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix 3 Vocabulary test 1 | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix 4 Vocabulary test 2 | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix 5 Vocabulary test 3 | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix 6 英语词汇测试成绩统计 | 第66-68页 |
