| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Research purposes | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Overall structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-24页 |
| 2.1 Incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 Definition of word knowledge | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.3 Definition of vocabulary acquisition | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical background | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2.1 The Input hypothesis model | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.2 Depth of Processing Theory | 第17页 |
| 2.2.3 Involvement Load Hypothesis | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3 Related researches of incidental vocabulary acquisition in reading contexts | 第18-23页 |
| 2.3.1 The effect of reading texts on incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3.2 The effect of reading sentences on incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.3 The effect of words frequency on incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第21-23页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第24-33页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第24页 |
| 3.2 Participants | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Target words | 第25-26页 |
| 3.4 Reading materials | 第26-27页 |
| 3.5 Instruments | 第27-31页 |
| 3.5.1 An English proficiency level test | 第27-28页 |
| 3.5.2 Vocabulary Knowledge Scale | 第28-29页 |
| 3.5.3 Immediate posttest | 第29-31页 |
| 3.5.4 Delayed posttest | 第31页 |
| 3.6 Procedures | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-53页 |
| 4.1 Analysis of the English proficiency level test | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2 Selection of the target words | 第34页 |
| 4.3 Results and analysis of orthographic form | 第34-40页 |
| 4.3.1 Comparison of the effect of frequency and contexts modes on form | 第34-38页 |
| 4.3.2 Comparison of immediate and delayed posttest on word form | 第38-40页 |
| 4.4 Results and analysis of recall of meaning | 第40-45页 |
| 4.4.1 Comparison of the effects of frequency and contexts modes on meaning | 第40-43页 |
| 4.4.2 Comparison of immediate and delayed posttest on word meaning | 第43-45页 |
| 4.5 Results and analysis of grammatical function | 第45-50页 |
| 4.5.1 Comparison of the effect of frequency and contexts modes on grammatical function | 第45-48页 |
| 4.5.2 Comparison of immediate and delayed posttest on word grammatical function | 第48-50页 |
| 4.6 Summary and discussion | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| 5.1 The major findings | 第53页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical implications | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 The limitations and suggestions of further research | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Reading materials (TF_1) | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Reading materials (TF_3) | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Reading materials (SF_1) | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Reading materials (SF_3) | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ An English proficiency level test | 第70-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Vocabulary knowledge test | 第78-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| The list of the research papers published by the author | 第83-84页 |
