| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English version) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第15-17页 |
| ·Layout of the dissertation | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of literature related to collocations | 第19-37页 |
| ·Clarification of related concepts | 第19-27页 |
| ·Typical definitions of collocations | 第19-23页 |
| ·Free word combinations, collocations and set phrases | 第23-25页 |
| ·Grammatical collocations and lexical collocations | 第25-27页 |
| ·Collocations and colligations | 第27页 |
| ·Collocations in the present corpus and paper | 第27-29页 |
| ·Overview of collocation-related researches | 第29-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Corpus-based researches and data-driven learning | 第37-46页 |
| ·A corpus-based approach to ELT | 第37-42页 |
| ·Corpus-based collocation studies | 第37-39页 |
| ·Data-driven learning | 第39-42页 |
| ·Existing corpora and the corpus used in this study | 第42-46页 |
| ·Native corpora and learner corpora | 第42-44页 |
| ·TEM-4 and the Corpus of Chinese Foreign Language Learners—English Sub-Corpus | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第46-52页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Research Design | 第46-52页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data Identification | 第48-50页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第50页 |
| ·Instruments | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and discussions of the research | 第52-74页 |
| ·A general description of and a basic comparison between the two years’data | 第52-56页 |
| ·Relationship of improper collocations, writing scores and the numbers of words | 第56-61页 |
| ·Analysis on the causes of improper collocations | 第61-74页 |
| ·Improper semantic collocations | 第61-70页 |
| ·Negative transfer from the target language | 第61-66页 |
| ·Negative transfer from the mother tongue—Chinese | 第66-70页 |
| ·Confusion among words of similar pronunciations or within the same word families | 第70-71页 |
| ·Illogical collocations | 第71-74页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions and Suggestions | 第74-86页 |
| ·Major findings | 第74-78页 |
| ·Implications for English vocabulary teaching | 第78-84页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study | 第84-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-94页 |
| Appendixes | 第94-120页 |
