| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Motivation | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Issue | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-38页 |
| ·Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definition | 第16页 |
| ·Incidental and Intentional Learning | 第16-18页 |
| ·Incidental/Intentional Learning versus Implicit/Explicit Learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Conditions for Successful Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第19-21页 |
| ·Vocabulary Threshold for Reading Comprehension | 第19-20页 |
| ·Comprehensible Reading Contexts | 第20页 |
| ·Correct Inference of Word Meanings | 第20-21页 |
| ·Factors Affecting Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Dictionary Use and Marginal Gloss | 第21-22页 |
| ·Amount of Exposure to a Word | 第22页 |
| ·Some Conclusions about Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第22-23页 |
| ·A Cognitive View of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Text Comprehension Process: Mental Modeling | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Meaning of Words in a Text: Text Level and Word Level Interacting | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Specification of Contextual Word Meaning: Constructing Conceptual Knowledge | 第25-26页 |
| ·From Meaning Specification to Vocabulary Acquisition: Acquiring New Words through Reading | 第26-28页 |
| ·A Construct of Task-induced Involvement in Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第28-33页 |
| ·Involvement | 第29-30页 |
| ·Involvement Load | 第30-31页 |
| ·Task-induced Involvement Load | 第31-32页 |
| ·Krashen's Input Hypothesis | 第32-33页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on L2 Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading | 第33-36页 |
| ·Hulstijn & Laufer's study | 第33-34页 |
| ·Rott's study | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Empirical Studies in China | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第38-42页 |
| ·L2 Learning Process: an Information Processing Approach | 第39-40页 |
| ·Factors to Be Controlled in This Study | 第40页 |
| ·Operational Definitions of Key Terms | 第40-41页 |
| ·L2 Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第40页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension | 第40-41页 |
| ·Statement of Specific Research Questions | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第42-47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42页 |
| ·Research Design | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Tasks | 第43-44页 |
| ·Materials | 第44-45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第45-46页 |
| ·Scoring | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Data Analysis | 第47-53页 |
| ·Results of the Vocabulary Test of English Proficiency (Proficiency Control Measure) | 第47-48页 |
| ·Results for Research Question 1 | 第48-51页 |
| ·For Group 1 (reading and writing original sentences task) | 第48-50页 |
| ·For Group 2 (reading and answering comprehension questions task) | 第50-51页 |
| ·Results for Research Question 2 | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 6 Findings and Implications | 第53-61页 |
| ·Overview | 第53页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Discussion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第57-59页 |
| ·Limitations | 第59-60页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| References | 第63-67页 |
| Appendices | 第67-83页 |
| Appendix 1 A Vocabulary Test of English Proficiency | 第67-74页 |
| Appendix 2 Reading Passages (for both groups) ( A example) | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix 3 Writing Task for Group 1 | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix 4 Comprehension Questions Task for Group 2 ( A example) | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix 5 Vocabulary Pre-test (for both groups) | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 6 Vocabulary Posttest (for both groups) | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix 7 Scores of the Vocabulary Test of English Proficiency | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix 8 Scores of Two Tests | 第83页 |
| Group 1 | 第83页 |
| Group 2 | 第83页 |
