Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Why Enhancing Comprehension and Vocabulary Through a Big Book Approach
1.2 The Outline of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Reading and Language Acquisition
2.1.1 Definitions of Reading
2.1.2 Theoretical Foundation for the Teaching of Learning
2.1.3 Differences Between L1 and L2 in Reading
2.2 Vocabulary Teaching Development
2.2.1 Early Vocabulary Teaching in China
2.2.2 Theoretical Foundation for Teaching Vocabulary
Chapter 3 Research Design
3.1 The Objectives of the Study
3.2 Subjects
3.3 Instruments of the Study
3.4 General Design of the Study
Chapter 4 Process and Analysis
4.1 The Pre-test
4.2 A Big Book Reading Activities
4.2.1 Pre-reading Actvities
4.2.2While-reading Activities
4.2.3 After-reading Activities
4.3 Asking Questions
4.4 Group Learning
4.5 A Big Book Vocabulary Learning Activities
Chapter 5 Result and Interpretation
5.1 Data Analysis on Post-test
5.2 The Interview and the Student Questionnaire
Chapter 6 Conclusion
References
Appendices
