| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| 1.C hapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·The importance of the vocabulary teaching | 第10页 |
| ·The problems in vocabulary teaching in junior middle schools | 第10-11页 |
| ·The objective of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 2.C hapter Two Vocabulary and Vocabulary teaching | 第12-29页 |
| ·Basic concepts of vocabulary | 第12-18页 |
| ·The definition of vocabulary | 第12-13页 |
| ·The frequency of vocabulary | 第13-14页 |
| ·The width and Depth of vocabulary | 第14-15页 |
| ·Word knowledge | 第15-16页 |
| ·Testing of vocabulary | 第16-18页 |
| ·Historical trends in vocabulary teaching | 第18-21页 |
| ·Context and vocabulary teaching | 第21-25页 |
| ·What is context? | 第21-23页 |
| ·Relationship between context and vocabulary teaching | 第23-25页 |
| ·Lexical chunks and vocabulary teaching | 第25-29页 |
| ·Different terms for lexical chunks | 第25-26页 |
| ·Lexical chunks and language teaching | 第26-28页 |
| ·Lexical chunks and vocabulary teaching | 第28-29页 |
| 3.C hapter Three Cognitive theories and vocabulary learning | 第29-35页 |
| ·Three types of memory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Forgetting studies | 第30-33页 |
| ·Repetition and context and chunks | 第33-35页 |
| ·Repetition and context | 第33-34页 |
| ·Repetition and chunks | 第34-35页 |
| 4.C hapter Four Experimental design | 第35-41页 |
| ·Hypotheses: | 第35-36页 |
| ·Participants | 第36页 |
| ·Instrument | 第36-38页 |
| ·The questionnaires | 第36-37页 |
| ·The vocabulary tests | 第37-38页 |
| ·The competence tests | 第38页 |
| ·Procedure of the experiment | 第38-41页 |
| ·Before the experiment | 第38-39页 |
| ·The experiment | 第39-40页 |
| ·After the experiment | 第40-41页 |
| 5.C hapter Five Data Analysis and conclusion | 第41-51页 |
| ·Comparison of the two questionnaires | 第41-47页 |
| ·Compare EC and CC in Questionnaire One | 第41-44页 |
| ·Compare Questionnaire One and Questionnaire Two of EC | 第44-47页 |
| ·Comparison of the two vocabulary tests | 第47-50页 |
| ·Compare the average score of EC and CC in vocabulary tests.. | 第47-48页 |
| ·Compare the performance of the best students and worst students in EC and CC | 第48-50页 |
| ·Comparison of the two English competence tests | 第50页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第50-51页 |
| 6.C hapter Six Further suggestions and limitation | 第51-76页 |
| ·Further suggestions on the vocabulary teaching | 第51-52页 |
| ·The limitation of the experiment | 第52-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-83页 |