| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of Appendices | 第12-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第14页 |
| ·Rationale for the present study | 第14-17页 |
| ·Key research questions | 第17页 |
| ·Contents for the remaining chapters | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Review of the Related Literature | 第19-32页 |
| ·Overview | 第19页 |
| ·Definition of the key constructs related to the main research questions | 第19-24页 |
| ·What is a "word"? | 第19-21页 |
| ·Definition of a "word" presented by dictionaries | 第20页 |
| ·Carroll et al's definition of a "word" | 第20-21页 |
| ·Nation's definition of "word" | 第21页 |
| ·The definition of "word" in the present study | 第21页 |
| ·What is meant by "incidental"? | 第21-22页 |
| ·What is "acquisition"? | 第22-24页 |
| ·Theoretical Concepts Associated with Incidental learning | 第24-29页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第24-27页 |
| ·Input Hypothesis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Interaction Hypothesis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第32-38页 |
| ·verview | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-36页 |
| ·Movies | 第34-35页 |
| ·Target words | 第35页 |
| ·Tests | 第35-36页 |
| ·Procedures of data-collection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Scoring the collected data | 第37页 |
| ·Scoring method for the acquisition of the target words | 第37页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第38-49页 |
| ·Overview | 第38页 |
| ·Results of the two groups of participants in the pretests | 第38-39页 |
| ·Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition during Watching the English Movie Tarzan the Ape Man | 第39-42页 |
| ·Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition during Watching the English Cartoon Tarzan | 第42-46页 |
| ·Comparison between Group A and Group B | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion and Conclusion | 第49-54页 |
| ·Overview | 第49页 |
| ·Relationship between watching English movies and incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第49-50页 |
| ·Relationship between watching English cartoon and incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第50-51页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第51页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitation of the present study and recommendations for further studies | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-59页 |
| Appendices | 第59-69页 |
| Publication | 第69页 |
