| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methodology | 第15-17页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-35页 |
| ·Information Processing Model and Language Acquisition Device | 第19-23页 |
| ·Main Ideas of the Information Processing Model | 第19-22页 |
| ·Language Acquisition Device | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Related Studies and the Understanding of Vocabulary Acquisition | 第23-29页 |
| ·The Related Studies at Home and Broad | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Acquisition | 第27-28页 |
| ·Using Example Sentences on Vocabulary Acquisition | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Choice and Function of Example Sentences | 第29-32页 |
| ·Choosing the Interesting Example Sentences to Students | 第29-30页 |
| ·Choosing the Appropriate Example Sentences to Students | 第30页 |
| ·Choosing the Novel Example Sentences to Students | 第30-31页 |
| ·Choosing the Example Sentences Close to Students’ Daily Life | 第31-32页 |
| ·Factors influencing Vocabulary Acquisition | 第32-35页 |
| ·Rehearsal | 第32页 |
| ·The Learner’s Factors | 第32-34页 |
| ·Situational factors | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第35-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Instrument | 第37-40页 |
| ·Questionnaire Construction | 第39页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity of the Questionnaire | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Face- to-face Interview | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第43-57页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaire | 第43-45页 |
| ·Results of the Different Types of Example Sentences on Teaching Vocabulary | 第45-48页 |
| ·The different effects of meaning-inferred method and meaning-given method | 第48-51页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Results in the Immediate and Delayed Tests | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Students’ Self-Made Example Sentence and the Teacher-written Example Sentence. | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications for Vocabulary Acquisition | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第59-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第67-69页 |
| AppendixⅡ | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix IV | 第71页 |
