| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-11页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第8页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第8-10页 |
| ·LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第11-33页 |
| ·ELEMENTS OF LEARNING A WORD AND THE LEARNING PROCESS | 第11-14页 |
| ·INTRALEXICAL FACTORS AFFECTING WORD LEARNABILITY | 第14-17页 |
| ·Pronounceablity | 第14-15页 |
| ·Orthography | 第15页 |
| ·Morphology | 第15页 |
| ·Length | 第15-17页 |
| ·MEMORY MECHANISM | 第17-22页 |
| ·PSYCHOLINGUISTIC FACTORS AFFECTING WORD LEARNABILITY | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Serial Position Effect | 第22-24页 |
| ·Word Retrieval | 第24-27页 |
| ·VOCABULARY TEACHING AND LEARNING | 第27-31页 |
| ·The History of Vocabulary Teaching | 第27-30页 |
| ·Research into Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in China | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Problems in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning Research | 第31页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH | 第31-32页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第32-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE PRESENT STUDY | 第33-40页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES | 第33页 |
| ·VARIABLES | 第33-34页 |
| ·Vocabulary Retrieval Conditions | 第33页 |
| ·Time Passage | 第33-34页 |
| ·Retention of the newly learnt words | 第34页 |
| ·PARTICIPANTS | 第34页 |
| ·TARGET WORDS | 第34-35页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTS | 第35-36页 |
| ·MATERIALS | 第36页 |
| ·RESEARCH DESIGN | 第36-37页 |
| ·PROCEDURES | 第37-38页 |
| ·SCORING CRITERIA | 第38-39页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第39-40页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS OF THE STUDY | 第40-46页 |
| ·DOES THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETRIEVE NEWLY LEARNT WORDS AFFECT THE RETENTION OF THESE WORDS? | 第40-41页 |
| ·IS THE EFFECT OF WORD RETRIEVAL ON RETENTION OF NEWLY LEARNT WORDS POSITIVE? | 第41-43页 |
| ·DOES THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORD RETRIEVAL HAVE A SHORT-TERM EFFECT OR LONG-TERM EFFECT? | 第43-44页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSIONS | 第46-49页 |
| ·THE POSITIVE EFFECT OF WORD RETRIEVAL ON NEWLY LEARNT WORDS | 第46-48页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANT RETENTION EFFECT NEWLY LEARNT WORDS IN LON-TERM MEMORY | 第48-49页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第49-53页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE STUDY | 第49页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第49-52页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·Pedagogy Implications | 第50-52页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第52-53页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第53-54页 |
| REFERENCES | 第54-59页 |
| APPENDIX ⅠTHE VOCABULARY TEST | 第59-62页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ THE IMMEDIATE POSTTEST | 第62-63页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ THE DELAYED POSTTEST | 第63-64页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ THE PRESENTATION FLASHCARDS | 第64-66页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅴ THE SCORE OF PARTICIPANTS IN CLASS ONE | 第66-67页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅵ THE SCORE OF PARTICIPANTS IN CLASS TWO | 第67-68页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅶ ARTICLE PUBLISHED DURING M.A. STUDIES | 第68页 |