| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-21页 |
| 1．1 Definitions of the terms used in this paper | 第8-11页 |
| 1．1．1 First language （L1）, mother tongue （MT）, and native language （NL） | 第8-9页 |
| 1．1．2 Second language （L2） and foreign language （FL） | 第9页 |
| 1．1．3 Vocabulary, lexicon, and mental lexicon | 第9-10页 |
| 1．1．4 Vocabulary teaching and vocabulary learning | 第10-11页 |
| 1．2 Importance of vocabulary in language teaching and learning | 第11-14页 |
| 1．2．1 Relationship between vocabulary and other aspects of a language | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2．2 Vocabulary teaching is a most important part in language teaching | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2．3 Vocabulary is the most frequent part in various tests | 第13-14页 |
| 1．3 Studies in vocabulary teaching and learning both abroad and at home | 第14-19页 |
| 1．3．1 Studies in vocabulary teaching and learning abroad | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3．2 Studies in vocabulary teaching and learning at home in China | 第16-19页 |
| 1．3．2．1 Different approaches to vocabulary teaching | 第16-17页 |
| 1．3．2．2 Strategies for vocabulary learning | 第17页 |
| 1．3．2．3 Empirical studies on vocabulary learning | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3．2．4 Psychological and cognitive studies on vocabulary teaching | 第18-19页 |
| 1．4 Main task for this paper | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 General consideration on vocabulary and vocabulary development | 第21-28页 |
| 2．1 Words—starting point for a language | 第21-22页 |
| 2．2 What is a word? | 第22-23页 |
| 2．3 Vocabulary development | 第23-28页 |
| 2．3．1 Vocabulary acquisition in infancy | 第24-25页 |
| 2．3．2 L1 vocabulary development in the context of the acquisition of literacy skills | 第25-26页 |
| 2．3．3 Lexical development in the context of naturalistic L2 acquisition | 第26页 |
| 2．3．4 L2 lexical acquisition in a formal institutional setting | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Mental lexicon | 第28-46页 |
| 3．1 What is mental lexicon? | 第28-29页 |
| 3．2 The domain of the lexicon | 第29-33页 |
| 3．2．1 Word and meaning | 第29-30页 |
| 3．2．2 Words and orthography | 第30-31页 |
| 3．2．3 Colligation: grammar and the lexicon | 第31-33页 |
| 3．2．4 Collocation of words | 第33页 |
| 3．3 L1 mental lexicon | 第33-36页 |
| 3．3．1 Speech-sound discrimination in infants | 第34页 |
| 3．3．2 Concept development before the beginning of word production | 第34-35页 |
| 3．3．3 Characteristics of later babbling | 第35-36页 |
| 3．3．4 Vocabulary development after the start of word production | 第36页 |
| 3．4 L2 mental lexicon | 第36-42页 |
| 3．4．1 Relationship between L1 and L2 mental lexicons | 第37-39页 |
| 3．4．2 Forms and meanings in L2 mental lexicon | 第39-40页 |
| 3．4．3 Representation of lexical items in the L2 mental lexicon | 第40-42页 |
| 3．4．4 Separation and integration between the L1 and the L2 mental lexicon | 第42页 |
| 3．5 Modeling the mental lexicon | 第42-44页 |
| 3．6 Other factors affecting the L2 mental lexicon | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Implications of mental lexicon studies for L2/FL vocabulary teaching and learning | 第46-52页 |
| 4．1 As language teachers, we need to re-examine some of our assumptions | 第46页 |
| 4．2 Discussion on acquisition and processing issues gives the message that L2/FL lexical acquisition and processing has much in common with that of L1/MT | 第46-47页 |
| 4．3 For language learners, form and meaning both play an important role in the learning of vocabulary | 第47页 |
| 4．4 Semantic associations provide much convenience for the memory of vocabulary | 第47-48页 |
| 4．5 Learners may profit much from incidental vocabulary learning | 第48页 |
| 4．6 Consultation of the L1 lexicon helps develop L2 vocabulary | 第48-49页 |
| 4．7 Teaching shapes learner's mental lexicon | 第49-50页 |
| 4．8 Challenge on some very popular beliefs | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Teaching English vocabulary as an independent course | 第52-59页 |
| 5．1 Necessity of an independent course for vocabulary | 第52-53页 |
| 5．2 Compilation of an English vocabulary textbook | 第53-57页 |
| 5．2．1 Compiling principles | 第53-54页 |
| 5．2．2 Selection of words | 第54-55页 |
| 5．2．3 Organization of the words selected | 第55-56页 |
| 5．2．4 Compilation of word exercises | 第56-57页 |
| 5．3 Teaching principles and teaching approaches for a vocabulary course | 第57-58页 |
| 5．3．1 Teaching principles | 第57页 |
| 5．3．2 Teaching approaches | 第57-58页 |
| 5．4 Concluding remark | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Concluding Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
