Traditionally speaking, when teaching vocabulary in the class, teachers tend to put emphasis on the words' basic meaning or their meaning in the text. However, vocabulary development in the depth is not so reinforced...Traditionally speaking, when teaching vocabulary in the class, teachers tend to put emphasis on the words' basic meaning or their meaning in the text. However, vocabulary development in the depth is not so reinforced, including the introduction of the social and cultural background of the words, use in the context, etc. Therefore, many learners can't avoid encountering the difficulty to bridge the gap between vocabulary learning and vocabulary application. This paper, which is based on the theory of language cognition, holds that vocabulary teaching and learning in the depth is of equal importance in language education. What's more, some vocabulary teaching method, focused on improving non-English-majored college learners' vocabulary, is put forward for reference.展开更多
文摘Traditionally speaking, when teaching vocabulary in the class, teachers tend to put emphasis on the words' basic meaning or their meaning in the text. However, vocabulary development in the depth is not so reinforced, including the introduction of the social and cultural background of the words, use in the context, etc. Therefore, many learners can't avoid encountering the difficulty to bridge the gap between vocabulary learning and vocabulary application. This paper, which is based on the theory of language cognition, holds that vocabulary teaching and learning in the depth is of equal importance in language education. What's more, some vocabulary teaching method, focused on improving non-English-majored college learners' vocabulary, is put forward for reference.