Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Need for the Study
1．2 Significance of the Study
1．3 Outline of the Book

Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Incidental-intentional Learning and Explicit-Implicit Learning
2．2 Definitions of Lexical Inferencing
2．3 Knowledge Sources involved in Lexical Inferencing
2．4 Taxonomies of Lexical Inferencing Strategies
2．5 Previous Studies on Lexical Inferencing and Vocabulary Leaming
2．6 Theoretical Framework of Lexical Inferencing Processing

2．7 Problems in Previous Studies
Chapter Three Research Design
3．1 Participants
3．2 Reading Texts
3．3 Assessment of Lexical Inferencing
3．4 Data Collection and Analysis
3．5 Taxonomy of Knowledge Sources
3．6 Identification of Lexical Inferencing Strategies

Chapter Four Effects of General Language Profieiency on Lexical Infereneing
4．1 Research Questions
4．2 Results
4．3 Discussion
4．4 Summary

Chapter Five Effects of Reading Proficiency on Lexieal Infereneing
5．1 Research Questions
5．2 Results
5．3 Discussion
5．4 Summary

Chapter Six Effects of Gender on Lexical Infereneing
6．1 Research Questions
6．2 Results
6．3 Discussion
6．4 Summary

Chapter Seven Conclusion
7．1 Major Findings
7．2 Implications
7．3 Limitations
7．4 Suggestions for Future Research
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