| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·Preliminary remark | 第9页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the paper | 第10-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| ·Definition of Critical Thinking | 第11-12页 |
| ·Critical thinking dispositions | 第12-13页 |
| ·The relationship between language and thought | 第13-14页 |
| ·Cultural differences in thinking | 第14-16页 |
| 3 Methodology | 第16-19页 |
| ·Research Design | 第16页 |
| ·Participants | 第16-17页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Questionnaire administration | 第18页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第18-19页 |
| 4 Findings and Discussion | 第19-51页 |
| ·Findings regarding volume of second language exposure | 第19-31页 |
| ·The macroscopic analysis of critical thinking dispositions of ME and MEIE students | 第20页 |
| ·Comparison of overall scores between ME and MEIE students | 第20-23页 |
| ·Comparison of subscale scores between ME and MEIE students | 第23-30页 |
| ·Summary and discussion of the first study | 第30-31页 |
| ·Findings regarding different second languages | 第31-42页 |
| ·The macroscopic analysis of critical thinking dispositions of English majors and Japanese majors | 第31-32页 |
| ·Comparison of the overall scores between English majors and Japanese majors | 第32-33页 |
| ·Comparison of subscale scores between English majors and Japanese majors | 第33-41页 |
| ·Summary and discussion of the second study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Findings regarding second language achievements | 第42-45页 |
| ·Comparison of critical thinking dispositions between low group and high group | 第42-45页 |
| ·Summary and discussion of the third study | 第45页 |
| ·Findings regarding the average time for second language learning | 第45-51页 |
| ·Comparison of critical thinking dispositions between Group 1 and Group 3 | 第46-49页 |
| ·The correlation between critical thinking dispositions and the average time for learning English per week | 第49-50页 |
| ·Summary and discussion of the fourth study | 第50-51页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| ·General summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitation | 第53页 |
| ·Implication for future research | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix A批判性思维能力测量表 | 第58-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文情况 | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第63-64页 |
