| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Abbreviations | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Traditional research methods | 第14-15页 |
| ·Complexity Theory based research methods | 第15-16页 |
| ·The necessity of reconsidering research methods | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第17页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-42页 |
| ·Individual differences | 第19-28页 |
| ·Personality | 第19-21页 |
| ·Attitude and motivation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Learning styles | 第22-24页 |
| ·Language aptitude | 第24-26页 |
| ·Defining learning strategies | 第26-28页 |
| ·Individual difference variables and modeling | 第28-30页 |
| ·What is Complexity Theory? | 第30-33页 |
| ·Complex systems | 第31页 |
| ·Features of complex systems | 第31-32页 |
| ·Complexity theory, language and language acquisition | 第32-33页 |
| ·Research methods used in traditional and CT-led researches | 第33-41页 |
| ·Research methods used in traditional researches | 第34-37页 |
| ·Correlation | 第34-36页 |
| ·Nonlinear regression | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research methods in CT-led researches | 第37-41页 |
| ·Factor analysis | 第37页 |
| ·Causal modeling | 第37-41页 |
| ·Summery of this chapter | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第42-55页 |
| ·Study objects | 第42-44页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·Introduction to each variable | 第45-49页 |
| ·Research questions | 第49页 |
| ·Participants | 第49-50页 |
| ·Procedures | 第50页 |
| ·Multiple nonlinear regression modeling in traditional research | 第50-52页 |
| ·Casual modeling in the CT-led research | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summery of this Chapter | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第55-67页 |
| ·Results obtained from the traditional research | 第55-56页 |
| ·Results obtained from the CT-led research | 第56-67页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the variables | 第56-57页 |
| ·Principal factors analysis | 第57-60页 |
| ·Relationship between ID variables and English proficiency | 第60-62页 |
| ·Integrating the Causal Model | 第62-67页 |
| Chapter Five Discussions | 第67-75页 |
| ·Comparison of two research methods | 第67-72页 |
| ·Comparison of research objectives | 第67-68页 |
| ·Setting of study objects | 第68页 |
| ·Comparison of modeling | 第68-69页 |
| ·Comparison of results | 第69-71页 |
| ·Comparison of explanatory power | 第71-72页 |
| ·Superiority of the CT-led research method | 第72-73页 |
| ·Implications on individual differences studies | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| ·Major findings | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations | 第76-78页 |
| References | 第78-83页 |
| Appendices | 第83-107页 |
| Appendix 1-Demographic information | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix 2-Personality test(Revised from FFM) | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix 3-Test of motivation and attitude(Revised from AMTB) | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix 4-Test of learning styles (Translated from the LSI) | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix 5-Language aptitude test (Developed from MLAT) | 第90-94页 |
| Appendix 6-Test of learning strategy use (Revised from SILL) | 第94-96页 |
| Appendix 7-Raw data | 第96-107页 |
| 7-1 Raw data of CET 6 total scores | 第96-97页 |
| 7-2 CET 6 Scores of Listening, Reading and Writing and Translation | 第97-98页 |
| 7-3-1 Raw data of personality test | 第98-99页 |
| 7-3-2 Analytical data of personality and CET 6 total scores | 第99-100页 |
| 7-4 Raw data of motivation test | 第100-101页 |
| 7-5 Raw Data of Aptitude Test | 第101-102页 |
| 7-6 Data from test of learning style | 第102-103页 |
| 7-7 Raw data of aptitude test | 第103-104页 |
| 7-8 Raw data of learning strategy use | 第104-105页 |
| 7-9 Descriptive statistics of the variables | 第105-106页 |
| 7-10 Rotated factor matrixes | 第106-107页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第107-108页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第108-110页 |
| 附件 | 第110页 |
