非英语专业大学生易磨蚀英语词汇特征研究

Features of Attrited English Vocabulary of Non English Major College Students

分别选取非英语专业的215名大学生作为被试,通过运用词汇测试量表,对其大学阶段词汇和高中阶段词汇以及《大纲》中的一般要求词汇、较高要求词汇和更高要求词汇进行测试问卷对比,从中分析汉语环境中英语磨蚀词汇特征。结果表明,词汇磨蚀体现明显的选择性。大学阶段的词汇先于高中阶段词汇被磨蚀;《大学英语课程教学要求》中较高要求和更高要求的词汇较一般要求的词汇更容易磨蚀;非英语专业大学生的词汇量距《大学英语课程教学要求》中一般要求规定的词汇量存在一定差距。

Taking 215 non-English-major college students as subjects and employing a vocabulary proficiency test as the research instrument,this paper aims to explore the features of attrited English vocabulary.The results suggest that selectivity is demonstrated in vocabulary attrition.College vocabulary is more prone to attrition than middle school ones;vocabulary of intermediate requirement and higher requirement of College English Curriculum Requirement is more vulnerable to attrition than vocabulary of basic requirement;there is considerable distance between the actual vocabulary proficiency of college students and the basic requirement in College English Curriculum Requirement.