This paper concentrates on the depth of vocabulary knowledge and vocabulary learning metacognitive strategies used by Chinese non-English majors in an independent college.Results show the depth of vocabulary knowledge...This paper concentrates on the depth of vocabulary knowledge and vocabulary learning metacognitive strategies used by Chinese non-English majors in an independent college.Results show the depth of vocabulary knowledge of the subjects only reaches the passing level.And metacognitive strategies are correlated significantly with the depth of vocabulary knowledge.展开更多
149 elementary school pupils were selected as the subjects for this study, to whom five tracking assessments of their verbal vocabulary knowledge were given over a period of three years. In addition, a latent variable...149 elementary school pupils were selected as the subjects for this study, to whom five tracking assessments of their verbal vocabulary knowledge were given over a period of three years. In addition, a latent variable growth model was adopted to explore grades 1-3 elementary school pupil's developmental trajectory for verbal Chinese vocabulary knowledge. The phonological awareness, homomorphic morpheme awareness, compound morpheme awareness and family socioeconomic status(SES) on the students' verbal vocabulary knowledge were also investigated. The ndings are: 1, grades 1-3 elementary school pupils verbal Chinese vocabulary knowledge developmental trajectory shows a curvilinear form, of which linear development is trended in the first two years, and as of the third year the developmental rate doubles the previous two years, whereas individual di erences are remarkable in both the initial level and the growth rate; 2, awareness of phonetics, homomorphic morphemes and complex morphemes as well as the family socioeconomic status can be referred to for a positive forecast of the students' initial level of verbal vocabulary knowledge; 3, only the awareness of homomorphic morphemes and the family socioeconomic status can be applied to a positive prediction of the students' verbal vocabulary knowledge growth rate..展开更多
Vocabulary size has always been a big concern for the English learners. It is also one of the most importantparameters to measure one's English level. English learners make every effort to build up their vocabular...Vocabulary size has always been a big concern for the English learners. It is also one of the most importantparameters to measure one's English level. English learners make every effort to build up their vocabulary. In this paper, oneaspect of vocabulary, that is word association knowledge has been proved to facilitate vocabulary retention, to enlarge one'svocabulary size. Therefore, both the width and depth of vocabulary should be integrated into vocabulary teaching.展开更多
Vocabulary, as the information carrier, plays an indispensable role of language. Likely, vocabulary learning is a significant part in English learning, so vocabulary acquisition becomes one of the hottest SLA research...Vocabulary, as the information carrier, plays an indispensable role of language. Likely, vocabulary learning is a significant part in English learning, so vocabulary acquisition becomes one of the hottest SLA research fields. This study tests the vocabulary size of 61 first- year students in Jiangsu Maritime Institute by applying the adjusted Nation's Vocabulary Level Test(VLT), laying basis for further researches and studies on vocabulary acquisition and development of those students.展开更多
Vocabulary teaching is one aspect of language teaching that has not been given the attention it deserves until recent years. For a long period of time, vocabulary is simply taught in the way by asking students to stud...Vocabulary teaching is one aspect of language teaching that has not been given the attention it deserves until recent years. For a long period of time, vocabulary is simply taught in the way by asking students to study and memorize its meaning and spelling, its part of speech and its general function in a sentence. Thus, a student with a command of five thousand English vocabulary still finds it hard to adapt himself to the requirement of our demanding reading assignments, in particular, to the extensive reading task, which is more demanding due to its wide range of materials and large amount of vocabularies. According to Wilkins (1979: 111) "Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed." Yet without a deeper understanding of how vocabulary is taught in the classroom and which methods of teaching are more effective for learners, the teaching of vocabulary may not achieve the desired effects. By researching the topic on vocabulary learning and instruction, this essay intends to bring the attention of both teachers and learners to the weaknesses of the traditional approach of teaching vocabulary and some different strategies in vocabulary instruction with the aim of improving the students’ reading comprehension.\;展开更多
This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connot...This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connotations of knowing a word, it then reviews mainstream methods for the assessment of vocabulary, featured by the studies in the testing of vocabulary breadth and depth.After pointing out the problems and issues in the assessment of vocabulary, it proposes some suggestions which intend to shed some light to the future development of vocabulary testing.展开更多
文摘This paper concentrates on the depth of vocabulary knowledge and vocabulary learning metacognitive strategies used by Chinese non-English majors in an independent college.Results show the depth of vocabulary knowledge of the subjects only reaches the passing level.And metacognitive strategies are correlated significantly with the depth of vocabulary knowledge.
基金project No.17NDJC120YB of philosophy and social sciences under the planning of Zhejiang provincea Youth Fund research project No.16YJC190002 of humanities and social sciences under the planning of the Ministry of Educationa key research project No.13&ZD188 of the of the National Social Science Fund of China
文摘149 elementary school pupils were selected as the subjects for this study, to whom five tracking assessments of their verbal vocabulary knowledge were given over a period of three years. In addition, a latent variable growth model was adopted to explore grades 1-3 elementary school pupil's developmental trajectory for verbal Chinese vocabulary knowledge. The phonological awareness, homomorphic morpheme awareness, compound morpheme awareness and family socioeconomic status(SES) on the students' verbal vocabulary knowledge were also investigated. The ndings are: 1, grades 1-3 elementary school pupils verbal Chinese vocabulary knowledge developmental trajectory shows a curvilinear form, of which linear development is trended in the first two years, and as of the third year the developmental rate doubles the previous two years, whereas individual di erences are remarkable in both the initial level and the growth rate; 2, awareness of phonetics, homomorphic morphemes and complex morphemes as well as the family socioeconomic status can be referred to for a positive forecast of the students' initial level of verbal vocabulary knowledge; 3, only the awareness of homomorphic morphemes and the family socioeconomic status can be applied to a positive prediction of the students' verbal vocabulary knowledge growth rate..
文摘Vocabulary size has always been a big concern for the English learners. It is also one of the most importantparameters to measure one's English level. English learners make every effort to build up their vocabulary. In this paper, oneaspect of vocabulary, that is word association knowledge has been proved to facilitate vocabulary retention, to enlarge one'svocabulary size. Therefore, both the width and depth of vocabulary should be integrated into vocabulary teaching.
文摘Vocabulary, as the information carrier, plays an indispensable role of language. Likely, vocabulary learning is a significant part in English learning, so vocabulary acquisition becomes one of the hottest SLA research fields. This study tests the vocabulary size of 61 first- year students in Jiangsu Maritime Institute by applying the adjusted Nation's Vocabulary Level Test(VLT), laying basis for further researches and studies on vocabulary acquisition and development of those students.
文摘Vocabulary teaching is one aspect of language teaching that has not been given the attention it deserves until recent years. For a long period of time, vocabulary is simply taught in the way by asking students to study and memorize its meaning and spelling, its part of speech and its general function in a sentence. Thus, a student with a command of five thousand English vocabulary still finds it hard to adapt himself to the requirement of our demanding reading assignments, in particular, to the extensive reading task, which is more demanding due to its wide range of materials and large amount of vocabularies. According to Wilkins (1979: 111) "Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed." Yet without a deeper understanding of how vocabulary is taught in the classroom and which methods of teaching are more effective for learners, the teaching of vocabulary may not achieve the desired effects. By researching the topic on vocabulary learning and instruction, this essay intends to bring the attention of both teachers and learners to the weaknesses of the traditional approach of teaching vocabulary and some different strategies in vocabulary instruction with the aim of improving the students’ reading comprehension.\;
文摘This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connotations of knowing a word, it then reviews mainstream methods for the assessment of vocabulary, featured by the studies in the testing of vocabulary breadth and depth.After pointing out the problems and issues in the assessment of vocabulary, it proposes some suggestions which intend to shed some light to the future development of vocabulary testing.
