Vocabulary Knowledge and Listening Performance in English Language Learning: Case Studies in China

List of Tables – List of Figures – Preface – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – The Scope of the Study – Organization of the Study – Research Review – Vocabulary Knowledge and English Language Learning – Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension – Vocabulary Knowledge Incidental Acquisition and Intentional Learning – Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge – Vocabulary Knowledge Tests – Listening Comprehension – Nature of Listening Comprehension – Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension – Learning Strategies – Vocabulary Learning Strategies – Listening Strategies – Research Methodology – Initial Research Design – Participants – Participants in the Quantitative Study – Research Design II – Participants in the Qualitative study – Research Design and Procedures – Instruments – Written Vocabulary Size Test – Written Vocabulary Depth Test – Listening Vocabulary Tests – TOEFL Listening Test – Questionnaire of Vocabulary Learning Strategies – Questionnaire of Listening Strategies – Semi-Structured Interviews – Data Collection – Data Analysis – Results and Findings of the Pilot Study – Results of the Pilot Study – Correlation Analysis – Frequency of Learning Strategy Use – Correlation Analysis between Strategy Use and Learning Outcomes – Semi-Structured Interviews – Discussions of the Pilot Study (Research Design I) – Introduction of Research Design II – Findings in Research Design II of the Pilot Study – Summary of the Pilot Study – Limitations of the Pilot Study – Comparing Aural and Written Vocabulary Measures: A Supplementary Study – Major Revisions for the Design of the Main Study – Main Study – Overview – Research Question One – Research Question Two – Research Question Three – Research Design I – Research Question One – Research Question Two – Research Question Three – Summary of Research Design I – Research Design II – Research Question One – Research Question Two – Research Question Three – Qualitative Study: Semi-Structured Interviews – Reports on the Employments of Listening Strategies – Reports on the Employment of Vocabulary Learning Strategies – Discussion – Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension – Research Design I – Research Design II – Summary – Comparative Study of the Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension in High versus Low EFL Listeners – Role of Learning Strategies in Listening Comprehension – Meta-cognitive Strategies and Listening Comprehension – Learning Strategies and Listening Comprehension – Socio-Affective Strategies and Listening Comprehension – Qualitative Study: Semi-Structured Interviews – Conclusion – Addressing Research Questions and Hypotheses – Theoretical Implications – Methodological Implications – Pedagogical Implications – Vocabulary Knowledge and English Language Learning – Learning Strategy-Embedded Listening Teaching – Limitations of the Study – Directions for Future Research.