The difficulty of learning English is not only related to interest,but also related to the correctness of learning methods.Especially in English teaching,a comprehensive and in-depth mastery of vocabulary can improve ...The difficulty of learning English is not only related to interest,but also related to the correctness of learning methods.Especially in English teaching,a comprehensive and in-depth mastery of vocabulary can improve the level of English language,learn English knowledge better,and improve the level of cross-cultural communication.The application of corpus in English classroom vocabulary teaching can provide more educational space for vocabulary teaching,enrich teaching methods,and at the same time,facilitate students to learn vocabulary and lay a foundation for learning English language.To this end,this article first describes the important role of corpus application in vocabulary learning in English classroom teaching.Secondly,it discusses the difficulties of vocabulary learning and the factors that affect the quality of learning.Finally,in order to enhance the learning effect of students and improve the teaching level,several learning strategies have been formulated to continuously highlight the practicality of the corpus.展开更多
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
Vocabulary is the core of language learning.The efficiency of vocabulary learning may influence language learning outcome.Vocabulary learning strategies can help the learners to learn vocabulary more efficiently,and t...Vocabulary is the core of language learning.The efficiency of vocabulary learning may influence language learning outcome.Vocabulary learning strategies can help the learners to learn vocabulary more efficiently,and they are very useful and beneficial for language learners.This paper synthesizes the research on vocabulary learning strategies in ESL and EFL learning,including the studies on the definitions of vocabulary learning strategies,classifications of vocabulary learning strategies and previous main research areas.The previous research areas mainly involve in the following aspects:patterns and taxonomies of vocabulary learning strategies,gender difference and vocabulary learning strategies,language proficiency and vocabulary learning strategies,major or disciplinary difference and vocabulary learning strategies,vocabulary learning strategies used frequently and effectively,vocabulary learning strategies and learning outcomes,and vocabulary learning strategy training.展开更多
The vocabulary learning strategies are very common in English learning. Basing on O'Malley & Chamot's classification framework of vocabulary learning strategies, the present study conducts research by the ...The vocabulary learning strategies are very common in English learning. Basing on O'Malley & Chamot's classification framework of vocabulary learning strategies, the present study conducts research by the questionnaires and interviews of junior Business English Majors to know the current real situation of business English vocabulary learning strategies used by business English Majors. After analyzing and discussing the problems which are reflected in the questionnaire and interview, the researcher puts forward some suggestions on vocabulary learning and teaching in Business English. The researcher hopes it is helpful for Business English Majors to learn Business English vocabulary.展开更多
The current research aims to find out the different beliefs held and different vocabulary strategies employed by nonEnglish majors of different proficiency levels. The data were collected through questionnaire and voc...The current research aims to find out the different beliefs held and different vocabulary strategies employed by nonEnglish majors of different proficiency levels. The data were collected through questionnaire and vocabulary tests. Results revealed that the learners at three levels all adopted wide-ranged strategies. But the high level students had greater vocabulary size and were more believed that words should be learnt through use, and they used more extended dictionary strategies, contextual guessing and note-taking strategies. It is encouraging that teachers should integrate explicit strategy instruction into classroom to help low level students achieve better learning results.展开更多
For the language learners,especially the high school students in China with heavy learning pressure,learning some useful vo-cabulary strategies would be helpful for them to master the basic elements.The study aims to ...For the language learners,especially the high school students in China with heavy learning pressure,learning some useful vo-cabulary strategies would be helpful for them to master the basic elements.The study aims to do a questionnaire on the English vocabulary learning strategies for high school students in Chaozhou and figure outwhat the general conditions of using vocabulary strategies for high school students in a high school are.The study showed most students did not use mechanical memory strategy in a high frequency in learning vocabulary.Secondly,it was anunexpected result that high school students used cognitive strategies more than metacognitive strategies,which was totally different fromprevious research by other scholars.In light of the results,some practical suggestions on teachers and students are proposed.展开更多
It is greatly significant for middle school students to learn vocabulary in English learning.However,there are many barriers while mastering vocabulary.By comparing the current situation of vocabulary learning between...It is greatly significant for middle school students to learn vocabulary in English learning.However,there are many barriers while mastering vocabulary.By comparing the current situation of vocabulary learning between urban and rural middle school students,the paper tries to find out the specific aspects of backwardness in vocabulary learning of rural middle school students.Reasons which cause the difficulties will be investigated and then corresponding solutions will be put forward to narrow the gap between urban and rural middle school students in vocabulary learning.展开更多
Continuing education is one of the most important components of modern education. In continuing education, due to the aging and the constraints in foreign language proficiency, the second language acquisition(SLA) str...Continuing education is one of the most important components of modern education. In continuing education, due to the aging and the constraints in foreign language proficiency, the second language acquisition(SLA) strategies adopted by adult learners are distinguished from what of the college students. This case study explores adult learners' SLA strategies in order to find the most frequently used ones and manages to discover better teaching approaches for teachers and efficient learning skills for learners. The conclusions are drawn as follows:(i) the six strategies are adopted only at a medium level, which means that none of them reveals a conspicuous higher or lower preference. Even though, metacognitive, compensation, affective and social strategies are of higher averages. Metacognitive and compensation strategies, with lower standard deviations, are more commonly and widely employed by learners.(ii) to better orientate adult learners' learning habits, the cultural connotation pedagogy in vocabulary teaching, welcomed by students, has greatly intrigued the study interests and promoted teaching efficiency.展开更多
Though numerous English learning researches have been done for English majors,there is not fairly enough analysis ofEnglish mobile micro learning especially in vocabulary.Based on the condition,the author tries to ana...Though numerous English learning researches have been done for English majors,there is not fairly enough analysis ofEnglish mobile micro learning especially in vocabulary.Based on the condition,the author tries to analyze the feasibility of Englishmajors’vocabulary learning via mobile devices based on mobile micro learning mode in the way of questionnaire survey.In theend,the result of the research proves that it could be feasible to adopt mobile micro learning mode in English majors’vocabularylearning.展开更多
As one of the core aspects and basic unit in language,vocabulary plays a salient role in improving student's language ability.Besides,vocabulary learning strategies play an obviously important part in the whole pr...As one of the core aspects and basic unit in language,vocabulary plays a salient role in improving student's language ability.Besides,vocabulary learning strategies play an obviously important part in the whole process of language learning.By examining the theories and approach to the vocabulary test,found by linguists locally and abroad,as well as vocabulary learning strategies,this research tries to systematically explicate several vocabulary tests in order to help English teachers design more creditable vocabulary tests to evaluate studenfs vocabulary knowledge.At the same time,in hope that through this research,middle school students would be guided to use English vocabulary learning strategies more efficiently,thus enhancing their self-learning ability.展开更多
According to Cowie(2002), choosing which type of dictionary depends on"several factors, including the year of study, the level of linguistic proficiency of the users, and the nature of the study activity"(p....According to Cowie(2002), choosing which type of dictionary depends on"several factors, including the year of study, the level of linguistic proficiency of the users, and the nature of the study activity"(p. 195). After comparing the features of monolingual and bilingual learner's dictionaries, and examining the definitions and examples of three entry words(‘owe',‘deadlock'and‘pertinent') in six popular learner's dictionaries in China, we make a tentative conclusion that bilingualised dictionary is the better choice in vocabulary learning of Chinese college students as non-English majors. Some further investigations have to be conducted about the status quo of dictionary use among Chinese college students as non-English majors and their vocabulary learning strategies.展开更多
There is ample research on the vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL and ESL learners.Moreover,many researchers have attempted to discern the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary learning strategies instruction.H...There is ample research on the vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL and ESL learners.Moreover,many researchers have attempted to discern the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary learning strategies instruction.However,the impact of using metacognitive strategies along with vocabulary learning strategies on weak language learners has not been researched.The aim of this paper is to report on the effects of training low-achiever English as a foreign language learners with vocabulary learning strategies along with metacognitive strategies on vocabulary acquisition.Two B1 level groups of students were assigned as treatment and control groups at a university in Istanbul,Turkey.A Vocabulary Strategy Use Survey was given to identify the vocabulary strategy use of the subjects at the outset of the study.The treatment group was trained on vocabulary learning strategies combined with metacognitive strategy training.The control group studied the same words without any training.A vocabulary test was administered to both groups as a post-test and the results were compared.The findings of the Post-Test demonstrated that training weak language learners with vocabulary learning strategies along with metacognitive strategies has a positive impact on helping these learners increase their lexical knowledge,as the experimental group scored higher on the post-test compared to the control group.展开更多
Mobile-learning can help learners select favorite learning resources at anytime and anywhere,and breaks the limitation of time and space and increase students'interests and initiatives.But it also causes some prob...Mobile-learning can help learners select favorite learning resources at anytime and anywhere,and breaks the limitation of time and space and increase students'interests and initiatives.But it also causes some problems.How to use M-learning to improve the efficiency of vocabulary learning has drawn much attention.Based on theoretical discussion,this paper carried out a survey on university students'vocabulary M-learning situation,the effectiveness and their attitude to M-learning.And then it puts forward some suggestions about vocabulary learning.展开更多
Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabula...Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabulary teaching and learning with the aid of modern technology.展开更多
This study conducted an action research on facilitating students’vocabulary autonomous learning competence by applying web corpora into vocabulary teaching in EFL classroom.The research last for one semester(15 weeks...This study conducted an action research on facilitating students’vocabulary autonomous learning competence by applying web corpora into vocabulary teaching in EFL classroom.The research last for one semester(15 weeks),53intermediateEnglish learners.whose age ranged from 20 to 22 were the subjects.The data was collected usingquestionnaire,teacher’s log,students’diaries and interview.The findings were discussed in the light of interventions and recommendations in the classroom instruction.展开更多
With the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port,a large number of talented people who are proficient in English will be demanded.In Hainan Province,there are many vocational colleges that play a very important role...With the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port,a large number of talented people who are proficient in English will be demanded.In Hainan Province,there are many vocational colleges that play a very important role in providing talent for future FTP construction.To improve these students’English ability,vocabulary learning is the key factor.English vocabulary learning involves many factors,and emotion is just one of them.When learning English vocabulary,students who have a positive attitude will achieve more than students who are negative.Anxiety,as a negative physiological factor,has a great impact on vocational students’English vocabulary learning.In this study,a questionnaire was used to test the anxiety state of vocational college students’English vocabulary learning,and SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze the collected data based on the questionnaire.From this study,vocational college students’vocabulary learning anxiety state can be known,and some useful suggestions are given to relieve the anxiety of students’vocabulary learning based on the results of the survey.展开更多
This study mainly discussed the effects of three tasks of translating authentic business report on L2 vocabulary learning.160 students were chosen from different majors by a pre-task proficiency test.The findings reve...This study mainly discussed the effects of three tasks of translating authentic business report on L2 vocabulary learning.160 students were chosen from different majors by a pre-task proficiency test.The findings revealed that task 3 was the optimum task in vo-cabulary gain and direct vocabulary learning had a more facilitated power than incidental vocabulary learning in this translation task forthe learners with the lowest level of vocabulary.This study also suggested that the caution of need and evaluation needed to be adjustedand paid for the learners with the lowest vocabulary level.展开更多
Vocabulary LearningTip One:Read,read,read!Most vocabulary words are learned from context:The morewordsyou’reexposedto,thebetterVocabularyyouwillhave.Whileyouread.paycloseattentiontowordsyoudon’tknow.First,trytofigur...Vocabulary LearningTip One:Read,read,read!Most vocabulary words are learned from context:The morewordsyou’reexposedto,thebetterVocabularyyouwillhave.Whileyouread.paycloseattentiontowordsyoudon’tknow.First,trytofigureouttheirmeaningsfromcontext.Thenlookthewordsup.展开更多
With the extensive application of corpus in foreign language teaching,data-driven English vocabulary teaching has opened up a broad prospect,especially in curriculum design,classroom teaching methods and language test...With the extensive application of corpus in foreign language teaching,data-driven English vocabulary teaching has opened up a broad prospect,especially in curriculum design,classroom teaching methods and language testing,etc.Corpus presents a large number of authentic language materials in the form of data and context,which helps to attract the attention of language learners and strengthen their memory.This paper mainly discusses the application of corpus in vocabulary teaching from the aspects of word frequency,collocation,semantic prosody and so on-taking synonyms‘quite’,‘rather’,‘fairly’as an example.展开更多
Vocabulary notebooks relates to a notebook kept by each individual student with the aim of learning and expanding new vocabularies.Such vocabulary learning approach has been advocated for many years,and its advantages...Vocabulary notebooks relates to a notebook kept by each individual student with the aim of learning and expanding new vocabularies.Such vocabulary learning approach has been advocated for many years,and its advantages have been proved by many language teaching professionals.展开更多
基金This paper is the research result of the school level scientific research project of Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences,“Research on the Interpretation of Chinese Cultural Images and Translation Teaching Strategies in Accordance With Internationalization Strategy”(Fund Project No.:WLYB2022066)the research result of China Private Education Association’s 2022 annual planning topic“Research on the Application of Corpus in English Teaching in Private Colleges and Universities”(Fund Project No.:CANFZG22201).
文摘The difficulty of learning English is not only related to interest,but also related to the correctness of learning methods.Especially in English teaching,a comprehensive and in-depth mastery of vocabulary can improve the level of English language,learn English knowledge better,and improve the level of cross-cultural communication.The application of corpus in English classroom vocabulary teaching can provide more educational space for vocabulary teaching,enrich teaching methods,and at the same time,facilitate students to learn vocabulary and lay a foundation for learning English language.To this end,this article first describes the important role of corpus application in vocabulary learning in English classroom teaching.Secondly,it discusses the difficulties of vocabulary learning and the factors that affect the quality of learning.Finally,in order to enhance the learning effect of students and improve the teaching level,several learning strategies have been formulated to continuously highlight the practicality of the corpus.
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.
文摘Vocabulary is the core of language learning.The efficiency of vocabulary learning may influence language learning outcome.Vocabulary learning strategies can help the learners to learn vocabulary more efficiently,and they are very useful and beneficial for language learners.This paper synthesizes the research on vocabulary learning strategies in ESL and EFL learning,including the studies on the definitions of vocabulary learning strategies,classifications of vocabulary learning strategies and previous main research areas.The previous research areas mainly involve in the following aspects:patterns and taxonomies of vocabulary learning strategies,gender difference and vocabulary learning strategies,language proficiency and vocabulary learning strategies,major or disciplinary difference and vocabulary learning strategies,vocabulary learning strategies used frequently and effectively,vocabulary learning strategies and learning outcomes,and vocabulary learning strategy training.
文摘The vocabulary learning strategies are very common in English learning. Basing on O'Malley & Chamot's classification framework of vocabulary learning strategies, the present study conducts research by the questionnaires and interviews of junior Business English Majors to know the current real situation of business English vocabulary learning strategies used by business English Majors. After analyzing and discussing the problems which are reflected in the questionnaire and interview, the researcher puts forward some suggestions on vocabulary learning and teaching in Business English. The researcher hopes it is helpful for Business English Majors to learn Business English vocabulary.
文摘The current research aims to find out the different beliefs held and different vocabulary strategies employed by nonEnglish majors of different proficiency levels. The data were collected through questionnaire and vocabulary tests. Results revealed that the learners at three levels all adopted wide-ranged strategies. But the high level students had greater vocabulary size and were more believed that words should be learnt through use, and they used more extended dictionary strategies, contextual guessing and note-taking strategies. It is encouraging that teachers should integrate explicit strategy instruction into classroom to help low level students achieve better learning results.
文摘For the language learners,especially the high school students in China with heavy learning pressure,learning some useful vo-cabulary strategies would be helpful for them to master the basic elements.The study aims to do a questionnaire on the English vocabulary learning strategies for high school students in Chaozhou and figure outwhat the general conditions of using vocabulary strategies for high school students in a high school are.The study showed most students did not use mechanical memory strategy in a high frequency in learning vocabulary.Secondly,it was anunexpected result that high school students used cognitive strategies more than metacognitive strategies,which was totally different fromprevious research by other scholars.In light of the results,some practical suggestions on teachers and students are proposed.
文摘It is greatly significant for middle school students to learn vocabulary in English learning.However,there are many barriers while mastering vocabulary.By comparing the current situation of vocabulary learning between urban and rural middle school students,the paper tries to find out the specific aspects of backwardness in vocabulary learning of rural middle school students.Reasons which cause the difficulties will be investigated and then corresponding solutions will be put forward to narrow the gap between urban and rural middle school students in vocabulary learning.
文摘Continuing education is one of the most important components of modern education. In continuing education, due to the aging and the constraints in foreign language proficiency, the second language acquisition(SLA) strategies adopted by adult learners are distinguished from what of the college students. This case study explores adult learners' SLA strategies in order to find the most frequently used ones and manages to discover better teaching approaches for teachers and efficient learning skills for learners. The conclusions are drawn as follows:(i) the six strategies are adopted only at a medium level, which means that none of them reveals a conspicuous higher or lower preference. Even though, metacognitive, compensation, affective and social strategies are of higher averages. Metacognitive and compensation strategies, with lower standard deviations, are more commonly and widely employed by learners.(ii) to better orientate adult learners' learning habits, the cultural connotation pedagogy in vocabulary teaching, welcomed by students, has greatly intrigued the study interests and promoted teaching efficiency.
文摘Though numerous English learning researches have been done for English majors,there is not fairly enough analysis ofEnglish mobile micro learning especially in vocabulary.Based on the condition,the author tries to analyze the feasibility of Englishmajors’vocabulary learning via mobile devices based on mobile micro learning mode in the way of questionnaire survey.In theend,the result of the research proves that it could be feasible to adopt mobile micro learning mode in English majors’vocabularylearning.
基金This research was supported by 2019 Jiangxi Teaching Reform Project-The Teaching Mode Construction of Business English Reading Courses Based on PCT(JXJG-19-50-7)2020 Educational Reform and Research Project of Nanchang Institute of Technology-A Research of Ideological and Political Teaching Design and Practice against the New Background of Science and Engineering Courses(2020SZJG008)。
文摘As one of the core aspects and basic unit in language,vocabulary plays a salient role in improving student's language ability.Besides,vocabulary learning strategies play an obviously important part in the whole process of language learning.By examining the theories and approach to the vocabulary test,found by linguists locally and abroad,as well as vocabulary learning strategies,this research tries to systematically explicate several vocabulary tests in order to help English teachers design more creditable vocabulary tests to evaluate studenfs vocabulary knowledge.At the same time,in hope that through this research,middle school students would be guided to use English vocabulary learning strategies more efficiently,thus enhancing their self-learning ability.
文摘According to Cowie(2002), choosing which type of dictionary depends on"several factors, including the year of study, the level of linguistic proficiency of the users, and the nature of the study activity"(p. 195). After comparing the features of monolingual and bilingual learner's dictionaries, and examining the definitions and examples of three entry words(‘owe',‘deadlock'and‘pertinent') in six popular learner's dictionaries in China, we make a tentative conclusion that bilingualised dictionary is the better choice in vocabulary learning of Chinese college students as non-English majors. Some further investigations have to be conducted about the status quo of dictionary use among Chinese college students as non-English majors and their vocabulary learning strategies.
文摘There is ample research on the vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL and ESL learners.Moreover,many researchers have attempted to discern the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary learning strategies instruction.However,the impact of using metacognitive strategies along with vocabulary learning strategies on weak language learners has not been researched.The aim of this paper is to report on the effects of training low-achiever English as a foreign language learners with vocabulary learning strategies along with metacognitive strategies on vocabulary acquisition.Two B1 level groups of students were assigned as treatment and control groups at a university in Istanbul,Turkey.A Vocabulary Strategy Use Survey was given to identify the vocabulary strategy use of the subjects at the outset of the study.The treatment group was trained on vocabulary learning strategies combined with metacognitive strategy training.The control group studied the same words without any training.A vocabulary test was administered to both groups as a post-test and the results were compared.The findings of the Post-Test demonstrated that training weak language learners with vocabulary learning strategies along with metacognitive strategies has a positive impact on helping these learners increase their lexical knowledge,as the experimental group scored higher on the post-test compared to the control group.
文摘Mobile-learning can help learners select favorite learning resources at anytime and anywhere,and breaks the limitation of time and space and increase students'interests and initiatives.But it also causes some problems.How to use M-learning to improve the efficiency of vocabulary learning has drawn much attention.Based on theoretical discussion,this paper carried out a survey on university students'vocabulary M-learning situation,the effectiveness and their attitude to M-learning.And then it puts forward some suggestions about vocabulary learning.
文摘Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabulary teaching and learning with the aid of modern technology.
文摘This study conducted an action research on facilitating students’vocabulary autonomous learning competence by applying web corpora into vocabulary teaching in EFL classroom.The research last for one semester(15 weeks),53intermediateEnglish learners.whose age ranged from 20 to 22 were the subjects.The data was collected usingquestionnaire,teacher’s log,students’diaries and interview.The findings were discussed in the light of interventions and recommendations in the classroom instruction.
文摘With the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port,a large number of talented people who are proficient in English will be demanded.In Hainan Province,there are many vocational colleges that play a very important role in providing talent for future FTP construction.To improve these students’English ability,vocabulary learning is the key factor.English vocabulary learning involves many factors,and emotion is just one of them.When learning English vocabulary,students who have a positive attitude will achieve more than students who are negative.Anxiety,as a negative physiological factor,has a great impact on vocational students’English vocabulary learning.In this study,a questionnaire was used to test the anxiety state of vocational college students’English vocabulary learning,and SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze the collected data based on the questionnaire.From this study,vocational college students’vocabulary learning anxiety state can be known,and some useful suggestions are given to relieve the anxiety of students’vocabulary learning based on the results of the survey.
文摘This study mainly discussed the effects of three tasks of translating authentic business report on L2 vocabulary learning.160 students were chosen from different majors by a pre-task proficiency test.The findings revealed that task 3 was the optimum task in vo-cabulary gain and direct vocabulary learning had a more facilitated power than incidental vocabulary learning in this translation task forthe learners with the lowest level of vocabulary.This study also suggested that the caution of need and evaluation needed to be adjustedand paid for the learners with the lowest vocabulary level.
文摘Vocabulary LearningTip One:Read,read,read!Most vocabulary words are learned from context:The morewordsyou’reexposedto,thebetterVocabularyyouwillhave.Whileyouread.paycloseattentiontowordsyoudon’tknow.First,trytofigureouttheirmeaningsfromcontext.Thenlookthewordsup.
文摘With the extensive application of corpus in foreign language teaching,data-driven English vocabulary teaching has opened up a broad prospect,especially in curriculum design,classroom teaching methods and language testing,etc.Corpus presents a large number of authentic language materials in the form of data and context,which helps to attract the attention of language learners and strengthen their memory.This paper mainly discusses the application of corpus in vocabulary teaching from the aspects of word frequency,collocation,semantic prosody and so on-taking synonyms‘quite’,‘rather’,‘fairly’as an example.
文摘Vocabulary notebooks relates to a notebook kept by each individual student with the aim of learning and expanding new vocabularies.Such vocabulary learning approach has been advocated for many years,and its advantages have been proved by many language teaching professionals.