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Yang Ying. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-145). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Background of the Present Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- The Theoretical Background of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- The Contextual Background of the Study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Rationale for the Present Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Organization of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- REVIEW OF LITERATURE --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Understanding Language Awareness (LA) --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Psycholinguistic Sense of Language Awareness --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1.1 --- Intuitive Awareness and Conscious Awareness of Language --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.1.2 --- Awareness of Language as Understanding and Metacognition --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.1.3 --- The Dynamic Language Awareness --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1.1.4 --- A Brief Summary of Section 2.1.1 --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Educational Sense of Language Awareness --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2.1 --- Language Awareness and Learning About Language --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2.2 --- Language Awareness and Reflection about Language --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.2.3 --- Language Awareness and The Learner's Role --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.2.4 --- Language Awareness Work in the Classroom --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2.5 --- The Scope of Language Awareness --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.2.6 --- A Summary of Section 2.1.2 --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- la and related theory in second language teaching --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Input hypothesis --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Noticing Hypothesis --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- LA Raising & Consciousness-Raising --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Interaction Hypothesis --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- The Output Hypothesis --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Metalinguistic Awareness in Second Language Learning --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- A Summary of Section 2.2 --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3 --- Tasks and Learner Interaction： An Integrative Position --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Empirical Studies： Noticing, Interaction and Language Awareness" --- p.46 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary of the LA Claims --- p.52 / Chapter 2.6 --- Description of Linguistic Area： Adverbial Positioning in English --- p.53 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Obligatory & Optional Adverbials --- p.55 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Adverbial Positioning and Scope of Modification --- p.56 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Other Considerations Affecting Adverbial Positioning --- p.61 / Chapter 2.7 --- Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.64 / Chapter 2.8 --- Summary of Chapter Two --- p.66 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- DESIGN OF THE STUDY --- p.68 / Chapter 3.1 --- Selection of Subjects --- p.68 / Chapter 3.2 --- Construction of Instruments --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Development of the Pretest and the Posttest --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Three Weekly Reports --- p.72 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- The Final Questionnaire --- p.73 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Experimental Procedure --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- An Overview of the Procedure --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The Administering of the Pretest --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- The Lecture --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- The Nature of the Follow-up Tasks --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Treatments on the Three Groups --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- The Weekly Reports --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- The Administering of the Posttest --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- The Summary Session --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.9 --- Administering the Questionnaire --- p.80 / Chapter 3.4 --- On the LA Process of the Study --- p.80 / Chapter 3.5 --- Methods of Data Analysis --- p.82 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary of Chapter 3 --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- REPORTING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Test Performance： A General Picture --- p.86 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- "Comparing G1, G2 and G3 on the Pretest" --- p.87 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Individual Group Gains (Losses) --- p.89 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- "Comparing G1, G2 and G3 on the Post-test" --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Research Hypothesis Tested --- p.93 / Chapter 4.3 --- A Brief Summary of the Effect of Treatment --- p.95 / Chapter 4.4 --- Responses from Weekly Reports and Questionnaire & the LA Claims --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Data Approach and LA Claims --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Attitude Towards Grammar Learning --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Attitude Towards the Use of Metalanguage --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Reports on Learner Motivation --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- "The Development of ""Sensitivity “" --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- Self-evaluation on Understanding --- p.101 / Chapter 4.4.7 --- Attitudinal and Behavioral Change --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5 --- Some Possible Intervening Variables and the Constraints of the Study --- p.104 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.105 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- DISCUSSIONS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.107 / Chapter 5.1 --- Between LA & Non-LA Groups --- p.107 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Impact of Interactive LA Work --- p.108 / Chapter 5.3 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.117 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX: --- CONCLUSION --- p.119 / Chapter 6.1 --- Pedagogical Implications --- p.120 / Chapter 6.2 --- Caveats in the Use of Learner Interaction as an LA Raising Approach --- p.124 / Chapter 6.3 --- Recommendations for Further Research --- p.126 / Chapter 6.4. --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.128 / REFERENCES --- p.130