摘要
This thesis is based on O'Malley and Chamot's classification of L2 vocabulary learning strategies and other scholars' studies. Through a questionnaire, vocabulary tests, and interviews with business English learners, the author conducted an investigation into various kinds of vocabulary learning strategies employed by Business English majors in General English and Business English study. The subjects participating in this investigation are 95 third year Business English majors from our college. Detailed analyses of both the quantitative and qualitative data have yielded the findings: 1) The frequency of some General English learning strategies and Business English learning strategies employed by Business English majors coincides, but the difference between General English learning strategies and Business English learning strategies employed by the subjects is apparent. More English learning strategies are obviously used in General English learning than in Business English learning. 2) There is a certain correlation between vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary size of General English and Business English, and capable Business English learners tend to positively transfer English learning strategies employed in General English learning into Business English learning. Based on analyses and results, the thesis suggests that Business English learners should be specially trained for English learning strategies. Specialized courses offered should be designed to help students without any professional knowledge organize mental schema associated with specific vocabularies, and to help specialized vocabularies enlarge rapidly. Business English learners can positively transfer General English learning strategies into Business English learning, and thereby smoothly transform General English learning into Business English learning.
这篇论文以O'Malley和Chamot的词汇学习策略理论框架为根据,通过问卷调查、词汇测试以及对优秀商务英语学习者的访谈,调查研究了本校02级95名商务英语专业的学生对于普通英语和商务英语词汇学习策略的使用特点。定性及定量分析结果表明:1)商英学生在普通英语词汇学习中所用策略与在商务英语学习中所用策略的频度虽有重合,但仍有显著不同,普通英语中词汇策略的使用种类明显高于商务英语。2)词汇学习策略的使用与普通英语与商务英语的两种词汇测试成绩存在一定的相关性。据此本文提出,在对于商英专业学生的商务英语词汇教学中应辅以一定的词汇学习策略培训;专业课程设置应合理,使未有任何商务知识的学生尽快在脑中建立起与专业词汇相对应的图示,在有限的时间内快速扩大专业词汇量,并使之从普通英语词汇学习"正向迁移"到商务英语词汇学习中,顺利完成从普通英语到商务英语学习的转化过程。
