| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| ·The lexical view of language | 第9-11页 |
| ·Identification of lexical chunks | 第11-13页 |
| ·Classification of lexical chunks | 第13-15页 |
| ·Functions of lexical chunks | 第15-17页 |
| ·The need for lexical chunks | 第17-19页 |
| ·Lists of terms and definitions | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Research on lexical chunks | 第20-35页 |
| ·Lexical chunks in L1 and L2 | 第20-24页 |
| ·Lexical chunks in first language acquisition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Lexical chunks in second language acquisition | 第22-24页 |
| ·Lexical chunks provide motivation | 第24-26页 |
| ·Nativelike selection & Nativelike fluency | 第26-28页 |
| ·Phraseological expressions | 第28-30页 |
| ·Analyzing lexical chunks | 第30-32页 |
| ·Connections between grammar and vocabulary | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research in cognitive science on lexical chunks and how cognitive psychology explains the phenomenon | 第35-53页 |
| ·Cognitive Theory | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Competition Model | 第37-40页 |
| ·Connectionist view of the lexicon | 第40-42页 |
| ·Chunking Theory | 第42-44页 |
| ·Cognitive psychology and lexical chunks | 第44-49页 |
| ·Different levels of language learning | 第45-49页 |
| ·Vocabulary level | 第45-47页 |
| ·Lexical and Discourse levels | 第47-49页 |
| ·A general process of SLA | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Four Lexical chunks applied in the teaching of listening comprehension | 第53-77页 |
| ·Understanding students' listening comprehension problems | 第53-55页 |
| ·Using students' self-reports | 第53-54页 |
| ·Adopting a cognitive framework | 第54-55页 |
| ·Informants and methods | 第55-56页 |
| ·Problems related to perception, parsing and utilization | 第56-58页 |
| ·Cognitive analysis of listening comprehension problems | 第58-62页 |
| ·Quickly forget what is heard | 第58-59页 |
| ·Do not recognize words they know | 第59-60页 |
| ·Understand words but not the intended message | 第60页 |
| ·Neglect the next part when thinking about meaning | 第60-61页 |
| ·Unable to form a mental representation from words heard | 第61-62页 |
| ·Lexical chunks facilitate the solving of listening comprehension problems | 第62-72页 |
| ·Lexical chunks enhances noticing | 第62-65页 |
| ·Lexical chunks ease the processing load of listeners | 第65-68页 |
| ·Lexical chunks help learners become more fluent | 第68-71页 |
| ·Lexical chunks help listeners to focus on relevance information in comprehension processing | 第71-72页 |
| ·The Lexical Approach for teaching listening comprehension | 第72-74页 |
| ·Implications for teaching listening comprehension | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第77-90页 |
| ·Benefits of focusing on lexical chunks | 第77-78页 |
| ·How lexical chunks may be used | 第78-81页 |
| ·Focus on lexical chunks facilitate communicative competence | 第81-83页 |
| ·Some implications of lexical chunks | 第83-90页 |
| References | 第90-97页 |
