1.5　Summary of the Contents of Each Chapter

1.5SummaryoftheContentsofEachChapterChapter1,anintroduction,includesthebackgroundofthestudy,thestatementoftheproblems,theaimsofthestudy,andasummaryofthecontentsofthebook.

Chapter2providesachronologicalsurveyofstudiesinEFLlisteningcomprehensionandexaminessuchfactorsasrepetition,schema,andmetacognitivelisteningawarenessandstrategies.Thischapteralsoprovidesasurveyofstudiesthathaveinvestigatedincidentalvocabularyacquisitionthroughlistening.

Chapter3reportsthepilotstudy.Itservedasameansoftestingthedesign,proceduresandmaterialstobeusedinthemainstudy.

Chapter4describesthemethodemployedinthemainstudy.Theresearchcontext,theparticipantsandtheinstrumentsusedintheinstructionarealsodescribed.Thischapterconcludeswithadescriptionofthedatacollectionanddataanalysisprocedures.

Chapter5reportstheresultsforResearchQuestions1and2.Itfirstpresentstheresultsoftheparticipants'listeningcomprehensiontestsandvocabularyposttests,thenpresentsabriefsummaryofthemainfindings,andfinallyconcludeswithadiscussionofthemainfindings.

SimilartothestructureofChapter5,Chapter6reportstheresultsforResearchQuestions3and4.Itfirstpresentstheresultsrelatingtotheparticipants'metacognitivelisteningawarenessquestionnaireresponses,listeningcomprehensiontestsandvocabularyposttests,thenpresentsabriefsummaryofthefindings,andfinallyconcludeswithadiscussionofthemainfindings.

Chapter7providesasummaryofthemainfindingsandthenconsidersthepedagogicalandtheoreticalimplications.Itconcludeswithaconsiderationofthelimitationsofthestudyandsuggestionsforfutureresearch.