Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Present Study
1.2 The Present Study
Chapter Two Foreign Language Aptitude and SLA
2.1 Introduction
2.2 IDs and SLA
2.3 FLA and SLA
2.4 The Need for Further Studies in FLA
Chapter Three Working Memory and SLA
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Why Working Memory?
3.3 Contents of WM
3.4 WM and SLA Processes
3.5 WM and Language Acquisition
3.6 Working Memory Tests
3.7 Language Aptitude, Working Memory, Teaching Methods and SLA
3.8 The Need for Further Studies in WM
Chapter Four Working Memory, Sentence Complexity and SLA in Terms of Linguistic Theories
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sentence Complexity and Acquisition Difficulty
4.3 The NPAHH and Acquisition Difficulty
4.4 The MDH and Acquisition Difficulty
4.5 The SPLT and Sentence Processing Difficulty
4.6 The FGDH and Sentence Processing Difficulty
4.7 The OPLL and Sentence Processing Difficulty
4.8 The Need for Further Studies in WM and the Processing of Complex Sentences
Chapter Five Literature Summary and Research Questions
5.1 Literature Summary
5.2 The Issues to be Addressed Further in the Present Study
5.3 Research Questions
Chapter Six Foreign Language Aptitude and the Development
of Overall L2 Proficiency
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Method for the Study
6.3 Results and Discussion
6.4 Conclusion
Chapter SevenWorking Memory, Instructional Treatment and the Acquistion of Simple Syntactic Rules
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Method for the Study
7.3 Results and Discussion
7.4 Conclusion
Chapter Eight Working Memory, Foreign Language Aptitude and the Acquisition of Complex Syntactic
Rules
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Method for the Study
8.3 Results and Discussions
8.4 Conclusion
Chapter Nine Conclusion
9.1 Summary of the Present study
9.2 Implications
Appendices
Appendix A 汉语阅读广度测试句
Appendix B 英语关系从句语法测试题
Appendix C 英汉翻译测试卷