声明
Contents
Abstract
摘要
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Background of the Study
1．2 Purposes of the Study
1．3 Significance of the Study
1．4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Vocabulary Knowledge
2．1．1 Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge
2．1．2 Previous Studies on Factors Contributing to Vocabulary Knowledge
2．1．3 Graves’ Four-component Model of Vocabulary Instruction
2．2 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．2．1 Definitions of Reading Comprehension
2．2．2 Assessments of Reading Comprehension
2．2．3 Relationship between Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．3 Independent Word-learning Ability and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．3．1 Definitions of Independent Word-learning Ability
2．3．2 Assessments of Independent Word-learning Ability
2．3．3 Relationship between Independent Word-learning Ability and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．4 Word Consciousness and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．4．1 Definitions of Word Consciousness
2．4．2 Assessments of Word Consciousness
2．4．3 Relationship between Word Consciousness and Vocabulary Knowledge
2．5 Research Gaps
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 Research Questions
3．2 Participants
3．3 Instruments
3．3．1 Vocabulary Levels Test
3．3．2 Reading Comprehension Test
3．3．3 Independent Word-learning Ability Test
3．3．4 Word Consciousness Questionnaire
3．4 Data Collection
3．5 Data Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1．1 Descriptive Statistics of the Variables
4．1．2 Discussion
4．2 A Comparison between High- and Low-proficiency Learners in Th ree Learner-related Variables
4．2．1 Independent Samples t-test between High-and Low-proficiency Learners
4．2．2 Discussion
4．3 Relations between Three Learner-related Variables and Vocabulary Knowledge
4．3．1 Correlational Analysis of the Variables
4．3．2 Regression Analysis of the Variables
4．3．3 Mediation Analysis of the Variables
4．3．4 Discussion
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Summary of Major Findings
5．2 Implications of the Study
5．3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements
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