Research on Study Strategies for the English Cyber Words

As we know, vocabulary plays an important role for English learners. With the coming of the age of Internet in 21 st century, Internet becomes the propeller to the development of society and economy, which, in turn, urshes us into a brand-new period. Meanwhile, the development of Internet also affects English vocabulary. First of all, this paper summarizes the development stages of English cyber word, followed by an introduction of the definition of the English cyber word, and then it elaborates the properties of English cyber word. Later, the paper attempts to account for the strategies of English cyber word from six approaches, which are the compounding approach, the derivation approach, using special mark approach, special mnemonics approach, transliteration approach and free translation approach. To sum up, by analyzing the traits of these words, our interest of learning English will be roused which can help us have a good knowledge of the English cyber words.