| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·The importance of vocabulary in language teaching | 第10-11页 |
| ·Urgency to improve the vocabulary teaching | 第11-14页 |
| ·An investigation on vocabulary teaching in our school | 第11-14页 |
| ·The problems of vocabulary teaching or learning method | 第11-13页 |
| ·The present situation of students’vocabulary is worrying | 第13-14页 |
| ·Students wish to improve their vocabulary learning | 第14页 |
| ·The objectives and significance of this study | 第14-16页 |
| Ⅱ Reviews of related literature about vocabulary teaching and task-based language teaching | 第16-28页 |
| ·Reviews of related literature about vocabulary teaching | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definitions of vocabulary | 第16页 |
| ·A brief review of vocabulary teaching abroad and at home | 第16-18页 |
| ·Studies of vocabulary teaching in the west | 第16-17页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching and the research in China | 第17-18页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning process | 第18-19页 |
| ·The related theories of the task-based language teaching | 第19-28页 |
| ·The Definition of Task | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Task-based approach | 第20页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of Task-based Language Learning | 第20-23页 |
| ·The learning theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Language Theory: Theory of Second Language Acquisition | 第22-23页 |
| ·Components of a Task | 第23-24页 |
| ·Stages in implementing task-based approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·Task-based Approach facilitates English vocabulary learning | 第25-28页 |
| III. The experiment | 第28-37页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第28页 |
| ·The Research Questions | 第28-29页 |
| ·The hypothesis | 第29页 |
| ·Research Method | 第29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Materials | 第30页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第30-32页 |
| ·The design of the tests | 第32-33页 |
| ·Teaching procedures in the experiment | 第33-37页 |
| Ⅳ Results and Discussion | 第37-53页 |
| (1) The pre-test | 第38-39页 |
| (2) The three short-term memory tests: | 第39-41页 |
| (3) The post-test | 第41-46页 |
| (4) Questionnaire | 第46-50页 |
| (5) Individual interview | 第50-53页 |
| ⅤConclusion | 第53-57页 |
| ·conclusions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Implications, limitations | 第55页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62页 |
