Recent years have witnessed a phenomenon that major English teachers in China have adopted the traditional teaching pattern, mechanically linking English pronunciations directly with the meaning of Chinese, which grad...Recent years have witnessed a phenomenon that major English teachers in China have adopted the traditional teaching pattern, mechanically linking English pronunciations directly with the meaning of Chinese, which gradually dampens learners’ enthusiasm. The chief purpose of this paper was to design one English vocabulary teaching lesson based on incidental acquisition. More specifically, the questions raised are, on the one hand, whether incidental vocabulary teaching imprints differences on the learning outcomes for middle school students, and, on the other hand, whether incidental acquisition results in positive feedback between teachers and students. The technique we applied was referred to as questionnaires and interviews addressed to a sample of 68 students. Focusing on the effect of incidental vocabulary acquisition, the analysis demonstrated that it could enhance students’ vocabulary capacity. In addition, it was interesting to note that excellent students and average students tended to embrace the new teaching style while underachievers were on the opposite side. On this basis, it is recommended for English teachers to design English vocabulary lessons, adopting visual, auditory, oral, reading or writing training. More precisely, they should use phonics rules and patterns, holistic learning, classified vocabulary teaching, visual illustration or multimedia teaching to give lessons effectively and expand learners’ vocabulary.展开更多
There have been some problems in both vocabulary teaching for teachers and vocabulary learning for students.In light of the new curriculum,this paper summarizes specific presenting methods,memory strategies and ways t...There have been some problems in both vocabulary teaching for teachers and vocabulary learning for students.In light of the new curriculum,this paper summarizes specific presenting methods,memory strategies and ways to revise and consolidate in vocabulary teaching,which may help senior high school teachers in vocabulary teaching.展开更多
0 Introduction From a sociolinguistic perspective,competence in language use is determined not only by the ability to use language with grammatical accuracy,but also to use language appropriate to particular contexts....0 Introduction From a sociolinguistic perspective,competence in language use is determined not only by the ability to use language with grammatical accuracy,but also to use language appropriate to particular contexts.Thus,successful language learning requires language users to know the culture that underlies language.However,in foreign language teaching practice,culture teaching is often neglected,or introduced as no more than a supplementary diversion to language instruction.And the methods on how to teach the cultural knowledge is attached even less importance to.展开更多
Learning a foreign language is based on the master of its vocabulary. Vocabulary is one of the ＇bottlenecks＇ in the learning of English. It will greatly influence the expression in our communication. Both teachers a...Learning a foreign language is based on the master of its vocabulary. Vocabulary is one of the ＇bottlenecks＇ in the learning of English. It will greatly influence the expression in our communication. Both teachers and students need to pay much more attention to the learning of English vocabulary. This paper discusses the study of morphology from the perspective of modern linguistics, including the definitions of morpheme, types of morphemes, morphological structure and the main processes of word-formation of the language. Meanwhile, the author analyzes how the morphology study is applicable to English vocabulary teaching and learning in college, especially explores the purpose of the English vocabulary teaching in college, and finally proposes Some practical approaches of vocabulary teaching from the study of morphology.展开更多
Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned wor...Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned words,teachers can effectively increase their interest in vocabulary learning and enhance their efficiency of learning words.In primary school English teaching,teachers should combine cultural background with lexical knowledge,thus making culture introduction become an important part of English teaching,cultivating pupils’cultural awareness and sensitivity.Using culture introduction in English vocabulary teaching is conducive to vocabulary teaching and learning in primary school.The paper,based on constructivism and cross-cultural communication,analyzes problems existing in English vocabulary teaching in primary school,and puts forward appropriate countermeasures by using questionnaire,documentary analysis,classroom experience,observation method and interview method with a view to improving the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and improving English vocabulary teaching and learning in primary schools.展开更多
Every language possesses three cardinal elements： phonetic element, lexical element, and grammatical structure, of which lexis is the fundamental pillar that supports the huge system of a language. The close relation...Every language possesses three cardinal elements： phonetic element, lexical element, and grammatical structure, of which lexis is the fundamental pillar that supports the huge system of a language. The close relationship between language and culture is most readily seen in words. In fact, being the most active and elastic element of a language, vocabulary has the greatest culture-loading capacity. Vocabulary teaching is an integral part of foreign language teaching. Its efficiency has a direct relation with the development of the learners＇ communicative competence. Vocabulary is culture-bound, so it is self-evident that culture introduction is indispensable in teaching. The author attempts to make a comparison between English and Chinese cultures, to make clear how cultural disparities exist in English and Chinese vocabulary, and to put forward some constructive suggestions on how to integrate culture into vocabulary teaching in Chinese schools, so as to promote the efficiency of vocabulary teaching and improve learners＇ competence in intercultural communication.展开更多
This paper analyzes the current situation of English vocabulary teaching in primary schools through a questionnaire sur⁃vey of 180 students in Liushi No.5 Primary School,and points out the existing problems.Then,some ...This paper analyzes the current situation of English vocabulary teaching in primary schools through a questionnaire sur⁃vey of 180 students in Liushi No.5 Primary School,and points out the existing problems.Then,some effective suggestions are put forward.The research in this paper is of great significance to helping primary school students improve their English vocabulary learning ability.Meanwhile,it can provide a powerful reference for how to enrich the primary school English vocabulary class and how to improve teaching efficiency.展开更多
This paper conducts a study of English vocabulary teaching in the secondary vocational school based on context theory. Through the quantitative research method, results of the study indicate that it is effective for t...This paper conducts a study of English vocabulary teaching in the secondary vocational school based on context theory. Through the quantitative research method, results of the study indicate that it is effective for the secondary vocational school students to improve their vocabulary mnemonic ability, English proficiency and words guessing ability through English vocabulary teaching based on context.展开更多
This paper explores the current English vocabulary teaching classroom based on an eco-linguistic perspective and the Markov chain,points out the ecological imbalance in the English vocabulary classroom,and proposes me...This paper explores the current English vocabulary teaching classroom based on an eco-linguistic perspective and the Markov chain,points out the ecological imbalance in the English vocabulary classroom,and proposes measures to solve the problem and strategies to build an ecological English vocabulary learning classroom,in order to provide some reference for future English vocabulary curriculum reform and curriculum design.In this paper,a random sample of 20 students from each class was taken from an advanced arts class and an advanced science class.The results show that after a semester of teaching process,the overall English scores of the arts and science classes improved,and since,the arts classes improved more and the teachers’teaching quality was better.展开更多
Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.Th...Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.This paper aims to prove that there exist collocation differences across languages and discusses their effect upon English vocabulary teaching. It introduces the types of collocation and explores the factors that trigger cross-linguistic differences in collocation. We suggest that great attention to collocation be given in English vocabulary teaching.展开更多
Introduction Vocabulary is one of the indispensable components of the language system, and researchers have found that there exists a close relationship between vocabulary and other components in a language system. Ho...Introduction Vocabulary is one of the indispensable components of the language system, and researchers have found that there exists a close relationship between vocabulary and other components in a language system. However, vocabulary is thought to be the most difficult component of language knowledge for a learner to grasp. Gorman (1979) pointed out that there was evidence showing that as students become more proficient in a second language, problems caused specifically by syntactical variation become less significant (cited in Crow and Quigley, 1985: 499). That is to say, vocabulary becomes a major problem in展开更多
According to the New English Curriculum Standard for Chinese Primary Schools(NECSCPS), pupils are required to learn and master their expected vocabulary effectively. Based on metacognitive strategies, this paper takes...According to the New English Curriculum Standard for Chinese Primary Schools(NECSCPS), pupils are required to learn and master their expected vocabulary effectively. Based on metacognitive strategies, this paper takes as subjects one hundred pupils in Qingshi Central Primary School through questionnaire survey, explores problems in the application of metacognitive strategies to English vocabulary learning and teaching in primary schools. The research finds that in English vocabulary teaching in primary schools, teachers tend to place emphasis on vocabulary knowledge and pay little attention to teaching methods and skills well suited to pupils' vocabulary learning so that pupils are apt to lack interest in English vocabulary learning and the vocabulary required by NECSCPS. For this reason, the paper puts forward appropriate countermeasures based on metacognitive strategies in order to improve the current situation of vocabulary teaching and learning in primary English teaching, to help pupils to increase English vocabulary and to assist teachers in enhancing the effectiveness of English vocabulary teaching.展开更多
The thesis discusses the way of vocabulary teaching in the English course of intensive reading through analysis on the importance of vocabulary teaching. The paper argues that the effective ways to enlarge students...The thesis discusses the way of vocabulary teaching in the English course of intensive reading through analysis on the importance of vocabulary teaching. The paper argues that the effective ways to enlarge students' vocabulary are: to train students to figure out and memorize words by applying various learning strategies; to guide students to recognize the plates of English language; to instruct them to learn new words through the methodology of comparison and association, and to learn through exercises.展开更多
Guiding college students to acquire an adequate vocabularyis an important task that is often neglected. The morevocabulary hat is mastered, the higher level a learner of Englishwill have. But in China, the traditional...Guiding college students to acquire an adequate vocabularyis an important task that is often neglected. The morevocabulary hat is mastered, the higher level a learner of Englishwill have. But in China, the traditional method of teachingvocabulary is learning by rote, and learners of foreign languagesare inclined to learn as much vocabulary as possible this wayregardless of whether these vocabulary is useful or not. Indeed,there are some disadvantageous factors hindering the studentsfrom expanding vocabulary rapidly and efficiently. We have todevelop a scientific method of teaching vocabulary exploringmethods of which is the key to this article.展开更多
文摘Recent years have witnessed a phenomenon that major English teachers in China have adopted the traditional teaching pattern, mechanically linking English pronunciations directly with the meaning of Chinese, which gradually dampens learners’ enthusiasm. The chief purpose of this paper was to design one English vocabulary teaching lesson based on incidental acquisition. More specifically, the questions raised are, on the one hand, whether incidental vocabulary teaching imprints differences on the learning outcomes for middle school students, and, on the other hand, whether incidental acquisition results in positive feedback between teachers and students. The technique we applied was referred to as questionnaires and interviews addressed to a sample of 68 students. Focusing on the effect of incidental vocabulary acquisition, the analysis demonstrated that it could enhance students’ vocabulary capacity. In addition, it was interesting to note that excellent students and average students tended to embrace the new teaching style while underachievers were on the opposite side. On this basis, it is recommended for English teachers to design English vocabulary lessons, adopting visual, auditory, oral, reading or writing training. More precisely, they should use phonics rules and patterns, holistic learning, classified vocabulary teaching, visual illustration or multimedia teaching to give lessons effectively and expand learners’ vocabulary.
文摘There have been some problems in both vocabulary teaching for teachers and vocabulary learning for students.In light of the new curriculum,this paper summarizes specific presenting methods,memory strategies and ways to revise and consolidate in vocabulary teaching,which may help senior high school teachers in vocabulary teaching.
文摘0 Introduction From a sociolinguistic perspective,competence in language use is determined not only by the ability to use language with grammatical accuracy,but also to use language appropriate to particular contexts.Thus,successful language learning requires language users to know the culture that underlies language.However,in foreign language teaching practice,culture teaching is often neglected,or introduced as no more than a supplementary diversion to language instruction.And the methods on how to teach the cultural knowledge is attached even less importance to.
文摘Learning a foreign language is based on the master of its vocabulary. Vocabulary is one of the ＇bottlenecks＇ in the learning of English. It will greatly influence the expression in our communication. Both teachers and students need to pay much more attention to the learning of English vocabulary. This paper discusses the study of morphology from the perspective of modern linguistics, including the definitions of morpheme, types of morphemes, morphological structure and the main processes of word-formation of the language. Meanwhile, the author analyzes how the morphology study is applicable to English vocabulary teaching and learning in college, especially explores the purpose of the English vocabulary teaching in college, and finally proposes Some practical approaches of vocabulary teaching from the study of morphology.
文摘Though English vocabulary learning plays an important role in initial English learning,vocabulary learning is apt to make pupils feel bored.By introducing to pupils the cultural background related to their learned words,teachers can effectively increase their interest in vocabulary learning and enhance their efficiency of learning words.In primary school English teaching,teachers should combine cultural background with lexical knowledge,thus making culture introduction become an important part of English teaching,cultivating pupils’cultural awareness and sensitivity.Using culture introduction in English vocabulary teaching is conducive to vocabulary teaching and learning in primary school.The paper,based on constructivism and cross-cultural communication,analyzes problems existing in English vocabulary teaching in primary school,and puts forward appropriate countermeasures by using questionnaire,documentary analysis,classroom experience,observation method and interview method with a view to improving the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and improving English vocabulary teaching and learning in primary schools.
文摘Every language possesses three cardinal elements： phonetic element, lexical element, and grammatical structure, of which lexis is the fundamental pillar that supports the huge system of a language. The close relationship between language and culture is most readily seen in words. In fact, being the most active and elastic element of a language, vocabulary has the greatest culture-loading capacity. Vocabulary teaching is an integral part of foreign language teaching. Its efficiency has a direct relation with the development of the learners＇ communicative competence. Vocabulary is culture-bound, so it is self-evident that culture introduction is indispensable in teaching. The author attempts to make a comparison between English and Chinese cultures, to make clear how cultural disparities exist in English and Chinese vocabulary, and to put forward some constructive suggestions on how to integrate culture into vocabulary teaching in Chinese schools, so as to promote the efficiency of vocabulary teaching and improve learners＇ competence in intercultural communication.
文摘This paper analyzes the current situation of English vocabulary teaching in primary schools through a questionnaire sur⁃vey of 180 students in Liushi No.5 Primary School,and points out the existing problems.Then,some effective suggestions are put forward.The research in this paper is of great significance to helping primary school students improve their English vocabulary learning ability.Meanwhile,it can provide a powerful reference for how to enrich the primary school English vocabulary class and how to improve teaching efficiency.
文摘This paper conducts a study of English vocabulary teaching in the secondary vocational school based on context theory. Through the quantitative research method, results of the study indicate that it is effective for the secondary vocational school students to improve their vocabulary mnemonic ability, English proficiency and words guessing ability through English vocabulary teaching based on context.
文摘This paper explores the current English vocabulary teaching classroom based on an eco-linguistic perspective and the Markov chain,points out the ecological imbalance in the English vocabulary classroom,and proposes measures to solve the problem and strategies to build an ecological English vocabulary learning classroom,in order to provide some reference for future English vocabulary curriculum reform and curriculum design.In this paper,a random sample of 20 students from each class was taken from an advanced arts class and an advanced science class.The results show that after a semester of teaching process,the overall English scores of the arts and science classes improved,and since,the arts classes improved more and the teachers’teaching quality was better.
文摘Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.This paper aims to prove that there exist collocation differences across languages and discusses their effect upon English vocabulary teaching. It introduces the types of collocation and explores the factors that trigger cross-linguistic differences in collocation. We suggest that great attention to collocation be given in English vocabulary teaching.
文摘Introduction Vocabulary is one of the indispensable components of the language system, and researchers have found that there exists a close relationship between vocabulary and other components in a language system. However, vocabulary is thought to be the most difficult component of language knowledge for a learner to grasp. Gorman (1979) pointed out that there was evidence showing that as students become more proficient in a second language, problems caused specifically by syntactical variation become less significant (cited in Crow and Quigley, 1985: 499). That is to say, vocabulary becomes a major problem in
文摘According to the New English Curriculum Standard for Chinese Primary Schools(NECSCPS), pupils are required to learn and master their expected vocabulary effectively. Based on metacognitive strategies, this paper takes as subjects one hundred pupils in Qingshi Central Primary School through questionnaire survey, explores problems in the application of metacognitive strategies to English vocabulary learning and teaching in primary schools. The research finds that in English vocabulary teaching in primary schools, teachers tend to place emphasis on vocabulary knowledge and pay little attention to teaching methods and skills well suited to pupils' vocabulary learning so that pupils are apt to lack interest in English vocabulary learning and the vocabulary required by NECSCPS. For this reason, the paper puts forward appropriate countermeasures based on metacognitive strategies in order to improve the current situation of vocabulary teaching and learning in primary English teaching, to help pupils to increase English vocabulary and to assist teachers in enhancing the effectiveness of English vocabulary teaching.
文摘The thesis discusses the way of vocabulary teaching in the English course of intensive reading through analysis on the importance of vocabulary teaching. The paper argues that the effective ways to enlarge students' vocabulary are: to train students to figure out and memorize words by applying various learning strategies; to guide students to recognize the plates of English language; to instruct them to learn new words through the methodology of comparison and association, and to learn through exercises.
文摘Guiding college students to acquire an adequate vocabularyis an important task that is often neglected. The morevocabulary hat is mastered, the higher level a learner of Englishwill have. But in China, the traditional method of teachingvocabulary is learning by rote, and learners of foreign languagesare inclined to learn as much vocabulary as possible this wayregardless of whether these vocabulary is useful or not. Indeed,there are some disadvantageous factors hindering the studentsfrom expanding vocabulary rapidly and efficiently. We have todevelop a scientific method of teaching vocabulary exploringmethods of which is the key to this article.
