| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第16页 |
| 1.3 The Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| 2.1 The Definition of language complexity in the SLA | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.1 From the Developmental Perspective | 第18页 |
| 2.1.2 From the Psycholinguistic or Cognitive Perspective | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.3 From the Linguistic Perspective | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.4 From the Pedagogical Perspective | 第20页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on the Influence of Language Aptitude upon Grammar Learning | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.1 The Definition of Language Aptitude | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 The Language Aptitude Tests | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on the Interaction between Explicit & Implicit Instruction and Grammatical Complexity | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3.1 The Definition of Explicit and Implicit Instruction | 第22页 |
| 2.3.2 The Previous Study of Explicit & Implicit Instruction and Grammatical Complexity | 第22-23页 |
| 2.4 The Previous Studies on Relationship between Aptitude, Instruction and Grammatical Complexity | 第23-27页 |
| 2.4.1 The Previous Studies Abroad | 第23-26页 |
| 2.4.2 The Previous Studies at Home | 第26-27页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1 Skehan’s Model of Aptitude | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Schmidt’s noticing Hypothesis | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Krashen’s Acquisition-Learning and Input Hypothesis | 第30-32页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第33-42页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第33页 |
| 4.2 Participants | 第33-34页 |
| 4.3 Target Language Structures | 第34-35页 |
| 4.4 Instruments | 第35-37页 |
| 4.4.1 Language Aptitude Test | 第36页 |
| 4.4.2 Grammatical Judgment Tasks | 第36-37页 |
| 4.4.3 Oral Production Tasks | 第37页 |
| 4.5 Research Procedure | 第37-39页 |
| 4.5.1 Pre-Test | 第38页 |
| 4.5.2 Instructional Treatment | 第38-39页 |
| 4.5.3 Post-Test | 第39页 |
| 4.6 Data Collection and Analysis | 第39-42页 |
| 4.6.1 The Data of Language Aptitude Test | 第40页 |
| 4.6.2 The Data of Oral Production Task | 第40-41页 |
| 4.6.3 The Data of Grammatical Judgment Task | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-57页 |
| 5.1 The Results for the Effect of Language Aptitude | 第42-49页 |
| 5.1.1 The Results of the Complex Structure: The Passive GJT and OPT | 第42-45页 |
| 5.1.2 The Results of Simple Structure: The Past Progressive GJT and OPT | 第45-49页 |
| 5.2 The Results for the Effect of the Explicitness and Implicitness of Language Teaching | 第49-54页 |
| 5.2.1 The Results of the learning of complex Structure in Explicit and Implicit Instruction | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2.2 The Results of the learning of Past progressive in Explicit and Implicit Instruction | 第51-54页 |
| 5.3 General Discussion | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3.1 The Discussion on the Effect of Language Aptitude | 第54-55页 |
| 5.3.2 The Discussion on Effect of Explicitness of Language Teaching | 第55-56页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| 6.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第58-59页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study | 第59页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for Future Research | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendixs | 第65-87页 |
| Appendix I Past Progressive GJT | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix II The Passive GJT | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix III The Past Progressive OPT | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix IV The Passive OPT | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix V Teaching Plan for Explicit Class | 第75-85页 |
| Appendix VI Teaching Plan for Implicit Class | 第85-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87页 |
