This paper investigates one aspect of the processing perspective in L2 （the second language） learning： the processing of new words. The article does not try to offer a comprehensive overview of language acquisition...This paper investigates one aspect of the processing perspective in L2 （the second language） learning： the processing of new words. The article does not try to offer a comprehensive overview of language acquisition mechanisms, but rather it intends to review more narrowly how our conceptual systems, governed by intricately linked networks of neural connections in the brain, make language development possible, at the same time creating some L2 processing problems. Vocabulary acquisition and application has been one of the main issues in English as a Second Language （ESL）/English as a Foreign Language （EFL） learning and teaching research. EFL instructors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular, are coping with the effective vocabulary teaching approaches. The current paper will examine three principles based on cognitive linguistics （CL）, namely the study of categorization, prototype, and metaphor, and applications of these principles in formal vocabulary instruction in a Bosnian context of English learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina.展开更多
Introduction Low efficiency of verbal memorization and high frequency of vocabulary testing in various examinations which are necessary to graduation,job-finding and overseas academic pursuit looms as a big headache f...Introduction Low efficiency of verbal memorization and high frequency of vocabulary testing in various examinations which are necessary to graduation,job-finding and overseas academic pursuit looms as a big headache for college students. Some language teachers and memory researchers have been seeking panaceas for effective retention of lexical input and development of retrieval techniques for ages; however, cure-alls prescribed by them sometimes cannot generate satisfactory results in tackling lexical complexity for Chinese展开更多
文摘This paper investigates one aspect of the processing perspective in L2 （the second language） learning： the processing of new words. The article does not try to offer a comprehensive overview of language acquisition mechanisms, but rather it intends to review more narrowly how our conceptual systems, governed by intricately linked networks of neural connections in the brain, make language development possible, at the same time creating some L2 processing problems. Vocabulary acquisition and application has been one of the main issues in English as a Second Language （ESL）/English as a Foreign Language （EFL） learning and teaching research. EFL instructors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular, are coping with the effective vocabulary teaching approaches. The current paper will examine three principles based on cognitive linguistics （CL）, namely the study of categorization, prototype, and metaphor, and applications of these principles in formal vocabulary instruction in a Bosnian context of English learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
文摘Introduction Low efficiency of verbal memorization and high frequency of vocabulary testing in various examinations which are necessary to graduation,job-finding and overseas academic pursuit looms as a big headache for college students. Some language teachers and memory researchers have been seeking panaceas for effective retention of lexical input and development of retrieval techniques for ages; however, cure-alls prescribed by them sometimes cannot generate satisfactory results in tackling lexical complexity for Chinese
