| Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| Ⅱ The history of vocabulary teaching | 第11-25页 |
| A. Definition of vocabulary | 第11-13页 |
| B. Importance of studying English vocabulary | 第13-15页 |
| C. The symptoms of bad vocabulary teaching and learning | 第15-17页 |
| 1 inability to retrieve vocabulary that has been taught | 第15页 |
| 2 use of vocabulary inappropriate to the given situation | 第15-16页 |
| 3 use of vocabulary at the wrong level of formality | 第16页 |
| 4 use of vocabulary in a meaningless way | 第16页 |
| 5 use of incorrect spelling and grammatical form | 第16-17页 |
| 6 wrong collocation of words | 第17页 |
| 7 influence and interference of Chinese | 第17页 |
| 8 insufficient vocabulary size | 第17页 |
| D. Traditional vocabulary teaching | 第17-20页 |
| E. Current study of English vocabulary acquisition | 第20-25页 |
| Ⅲ Common vocabulary errors | 第25-53页 |
| A. Selection of samples | 第25-32页 |
| 1 concept of error | 第25-26页 |
| 2 procedure of error analysis | 第26-32页 |
| B. Identification of vocabulary errors | 第32页 |
| C. Classification of vocabulary errors | 第32-41页 |
| 1 historical classification of errors | 第32-36页 |
| 2 my classification of vocabulary errors | 第36-41页 |
| D. Explanation of vocabulary errors | 第41-52页 |
| 1 linguists' view on vocabulary errors | 第41-49页 |
| 2 my explanation of vocabulary errors | 第49-52页 |
| E. Correction of vocabulary errors | 第52-53页 |
| Ⅳ Teaching and learning vocabulary in context | 第53-77页 |
| A. Introduction | 第53-59页 |
| 1 context | 第53-55页 |
| 2 contextual cues | 第55页 |
| 3 knowledge involved in learning vocabulary in context | 第55-56页 |
| 4 vocabulary teaching implications | 第56-59页 |
| B. Two examples | 第59-63页 |
| C. Two ways to teach English vocabulary in context | 第63-75页 |
| 1 semantic relations and vocabulary acquisition | 第63-67页 |
| 2 guessing strategies | 第67-75页 |
| D. Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| Ⅴ An interview on the vocabulary acquisition and the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary in context | 第77-88页 |
| A. Introduction | 第77-78页 |
| B. Method | 第78页 |
| C. Result | 第78-79页 |
| D. Conclusion | 第79-88页 |
