| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| I. Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| II. Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| 2.1 Some basic concepts concerning vocabulary and vocabulary teaching | 第11-13页 |
| 2.2 Five essential steps in vocabulary learning | 第13-14页 |
| 2.3 Current research findings concerning vocabulary teaching | 第14-17页 |
| 2.4 Information processing theory | 第17-18页 |
| 2.5 A summary: guidelines for vocabulary teaching | 第18-20页 |
| III. Proposals for teaching objectives and teaching materials | 第20-30页 |
| 3.1 Application area of the proposals | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2 Two important factors in vocabulary teaching | 第21-24页 |
| 3.3 Proposal concerning teaching objectives | 第24-28页 |
| 3.4 Proposal concerning teaching materials | 第28-30页 |
| IV. Proposals for vocabulary instruction procedure | 第30-39页 |
| 4.1 A survey of the present vocabulary teaching in China | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2 The four-E-and-one-R vocabulary instruction procedure | 第32-39页 |
| V. A supplement: issues in the implementation of the proposed vocabulary instruction procedure | 第39-60页 |
| 5.1 Some word attack skills: to help learners infer words’ meaning | 第39-40页 |
| 5.2 Relevant lexical knowledge | 第40-43页 |
| 5.3 Two forms of the output practice | 第43-47页 |
| 5.4 Issues in vocabulary learning strategy instruction | 第47-54页 |
| 5.5 Test | 第54-60页 |
| VI. A lesson plan---an effort to implement the proposals | 第60-72页 |
| VII. Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
