英语词表类型和编制研究:关键问题与趋势展望

Research on the types and development of English word lists:Key issues and prospective trends

词表在英语教学和测评中占据重要地位,但词表研究尚未引起我国学界应有的关注。本文梳理了全球英语教育背景下英语词表的主要类型和编制研究现状,重点讨论了词表编制中的计词单位、选词标准、词汇分级、词表评估等关键问题,并探讨了英语词表研究的未来发展,以期为英语教学和测评提供参考。

Despite the important role of word lists in English teaching and testing,research on them has not received due attention from Chinese domestic scholars.This paper provides an overview of the major types of English word lists and the current state of word list development studies in the global context of EFL education,and delves into the key issues in the development process,namely the counting units,word selection criteria,word grading,and word list evaluation.Based on the discussions,the future trends of English word list research are explored,in the hope of providing reference for English teaching and testing.