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COLLEGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION IN MULTIMEDIA SETTINGS By Yuan Yanghua Under the Supervision of Prof. Zhang Ming A thesis Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies Anhui University April 2008 Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the respectable professors of Anhui University who have taught and helped me in my post-graduate studies, especially to Professor Zhu Xiaomei, Professor Zhu Yue, Professor Zhou Fangzhu, Dr. Hu Jian, and Dr. Yang Ling, for their help and advice. Special thanks go to my supervisor, Professor Zhang Ming. Without his patient guidance, careful revision and insightful instruction, I would never have been able to bring this thesis into light. His erudition, strictness and patience as a supervisor; and his kindness, consideration and tolerance as a friend make my study more than meaningful. He teaches me not only how to conduct research on second language acquisition, but also how to be an upright person. I do wish to dedicate this thesis to him, with most of the virtues due to him but the demerits to myself. I feel tremendously grateful to the students participating in my research. But for their cooperation, the data collection for the paper would have been impossible. i Abstract Vocabulary learning is central to language acquisition, and is also the biggest headache for most colleg