摘要
Vocabulary is a fundamental element of a language. It undertakes the task of conveying semantic meanings. And it guarantees the implement of language communication. Thus, accumulation of a certain amount of vocabulary and the master of proper use of them is the essential condition of skillful employment of a language. The current lexical teaching in College English is far from satisfaction. Based on the findings of psycholinguistic research, this paper intends to explore an effective way to help the students enlarge their vocabulary and use them correctly with the help of various psychological associations with English vocabulary through analysis of some lexical mistakes committed in students＇ daily writing exercises.
词汇是语言的基本要素，是语言表达意义的主要承担者，是实现语言交流的保障。具有一定的词汇积累并能正确掌握它们的用法，是熟练运用语言的必要条件。结合当今大学英语教学的实践来看，词汇教学还速未达到令人满意的程度，学生的词汇量和词汇运用技能都亟待提高。本文通过对学生日常习作词汇运用中的错误进行分析，结合心理语言学的研究成果，探讨如何在英语词汇教学中帮助学生利用英语词汇的各种心理联系来扩展其词汇量，以及指导学生对英语词汇的习得和正确运用。
