Vocabulary is a key to English learning. How to memorize words effectively has become a heated topic among teachers and students. Since primary school is the initial stage of English learning, it is imperative to cult...Vocabulary is a key to English learning. How to memorize words effectively has become a heated topic among teachers and students. Since primary school is the initial stage of English learning, it is imperative to cultivate students' interest in English and find a useful way of learning vocabulary. The study aims to prove that game teaching approach as a commonly used teaching approach can motivate students' interest and assist English teaching if it is combined with vocabulary teaching properly. In the study, 70 students of Grade four were randomly chosen from Wenzhou Jingshan primary school as the subjects, class 1as the experimental group while Class 2 as the control one. The results show that game teaching approach applied in English vocabulary teaching can help students learn vocabulary more efficiently than traditional vocabulary teaching method.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
Dictation is a traditional but still widely applied method to teach language vocabulary,grammar structures and other language skills.Because of the teachers’negative opinions on dictation and improper ways of dictati...Dictation is a traditional but still widely applied method to teach language vocabulary,grammar structures and other language skills.Because of the teachers’negative opinions on dictation and improper ways of dictation conduction,dictation hasn’t received a satisfying expectation in English vocabulary teaching in China.This research attempts to find out some innovative dictation activities and some effective techniques which can help English teachers in China conduct dictation in these activities to promote the efficiency of language vocabulary teaching.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
Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditi...Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches forthe non-English major in the traditional teaching context in some universities in Guangxi,with the purpose of proposing some workablesuggestions.展开更多
Vocabulary is one of the main influence factors in senior high school students' English learning according to the author's English teaching practice.After having analyzed the features of English vocabulary,thi...Vocabulary is one of the main influence factors in senior high school students' English learning according to the author's English teaching practice.After having analyzed the features of English vocabulary,this paper puts forward some methods of teaching vocabulary from these aspects:the formation of words,homographs and homophones,and the language situation.展开更多
The emphasis is laid on expanding students’vocabulary in the new English Curriculum Standards.Without effective approaches to vocabulary learning,students can hardly form vocabulary networks in mind.Combining with mo...The emphasis is laid on expanding students’vocabulary in the new English Curriculum Standards.Without effective approaches to vocabulary learning,students can hardly form vocabulary networks in mind.Combining with modern educational technology,the author carries out experimental teaching to explore the effectiveness of vocabulary teaching based on prototype category theory and presents some samples of vocabulary teaching.The study shows that these teaching methods can effectively enhance students’cognition abilities,stimulate association,promote vocabulary processing,form a categorized network schema,and finally improve students’lexical competence and long-term memory.展开更多
Vocabulary is the basis of language learning. The study of vocabulary is an important part of second language acquisition research field. This article mainly reviews external factors that influence the second language...Vocabulary is the basis of language learning. The study of vocabulary is an important part of second language acquisition research field. This article mainly reviews external factors that influence the second language vocabulary acquisition research at home in recent years. It emphatically summarizes the effect of input and output on vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary teaching,that will provide some suggestions for the future vocabulary acquisition.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
Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Th...Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Though some scholars have set foot on English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of iconicity,their viewpoints still remain to be polished and refined.This the⁃sis will indicate some errors existing in vocabulary teaching and introduce iconicity theories,the inspiration of which becomes an alternative approach in vocabulary teaching.展开更多
Almost every English learners is impacted and harassed by word memory in different degrees.However,the traditional rote memorization that is commonly used by majority of students can exacerbate the problem.It is belie...Almost every English learners is impacted and harassed by word memory in different degrees.However,the traditional rote memorization that is commonly used by majority of students can exacerbate the problem.It is believed that Mind Map may contribute to enhancing the efficiency of vocabulary learning and enlarging the capacity of words.Therefore,Mind Map has received extensive attention in English vocabulary teaching for the recent decades.Mind Map is conducive to motivating student’s interest,enhancing students’memory and augmenting vocabulary learning efficiency.展开更多
In three-year senior middle school in China(for pupils aged 15-18), the National University Entrance Examination(orgaokao) exerts great influence on daily English teaching. In the light of the particular context of se...In three-year senior middle school in China(for pupils aged 15-18), the National University Entrance Examination(orgaokao) exerts great influence on daily English teaching. In the light of the particular context of senior middle schools in which vo-cabulary instruction takes place, this paper will seek to discuss its key features, and propose a plan to advance its development.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
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
Vocabulary teaching is important but difficult in language acquisition and teaching.Language teachers aims at finding a way to help learners acquire the meaning of words without so much difficulties.With the appearanc...Vocabulary teaching is important but difficult in language acquisition and teaching.Language teachers aims at finding a way to help learners acquire the meaning of words without so much difficulties.With the appearance of semantic theories,it is easy for us to reveal the veil of vocabulary learning.This paper introduces some theories of semantics and their application in vocabulary acquisition and teaching put forward some suggestions for vocabulary pedagogy and teaching strategies.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
As Rome was built brick by brick,English teaching is processed word by word,and sentence by sentence.Basically speaking,words consolidate the English mansion fundamentally.So lexical problems in college English teachi...As Rome was built brick by brick,English teaching is processed word by word,and sentence by sentence.Basically speaking,words consolidate the English mansion fundamentally.So lexical problems in college English teaching should be faced and solved first and foremost.In this essay,the author mentions some of the problems in college English teaching and attempts to give possible solutions to them in regular college English teaching process.展开更多
文摘Vocabulary is a key to English learning. How to memorize words effectively has become a heated topic among teachers and students. Since primary school is the initial stage of English learning, it is imperative to cultivate students' interest in English and find a useful way of learning vocabulary. The study aims to prove that game teaching approach as a commonly used teaching approach can motivate students' interest and assist English teaching if it is combined with vocabulary teaching properly. In the study, 70 students of Grade four were randomly chosen from Wenzhou Jingshan primary school as the subjects, class 1as the experimental group while Class 2 as the control one. The results show that game teaching approach applied in English vocabulary teaching can help students learn vocabulary more efficiently than traditional vocabulary teaching method.
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Dictation is a traditional but still widely applied method to teach language vocabulary,grammar structures and other language skills.Because of the teachers’negative opinions on dictation and improper ways of dictation conduction,dictation hasn’t received a satisfying expectation in English vocabulary teaching in China.This research attempts to find out some innovative dictation activities and some effective techniques which can help English teachers in China conduct dictation in these activities to promote the efficiency of language vocabulary teaching.
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Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches forthe non-English major in the traditional teaching context in some universities in Guangxi,with the purpose of proposing some workablesuggestions.
文摘Vocabulary is one of the main influence factors in senior high school students' English learning according to the author's English teaching practice.After having analyzed the features of English vocabulary,this paper puts forward some methods of teaching vocabulary from these aspects:the formation of words,homographs and homophones,and the language situation.
文摘The emphasis is laid on expanding students’vocabulary in the new English Curriculum Standards.Without effective approaches to vocabulary learning,students can hardly form vocabulary networks in mind.Combining with modern educational technology,the author carries out experimental teaching to explore the effectiveness of vocabulary teaching based on prototype category theory and presents some samples of vocabulary teaching.The study shows that these teaching methods can effectively enhance students’cognition abilities,stimulate association,promote vocabulary processing,form a categorized network schema,and finally improve students’lexical competence and long-term memory.
文摘Vocabulary is the basis of language learning. The study of vocabulary is an important part of second language acquisition research field. This article mainly reviews external factors that influence the second language vocabulary acquisition research at home in recent years. It emphatically summarizes the effect of input and output on vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary teaching,that will provide some suggestions for the future vocabulary acquisition.
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Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Though some scholars have set foot on English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of iconicity,their viewpoints still remain to be polished and refined.This the⁃sis will indicate some errors existing in vocabulary teaching and introduce iconicity theories,the inspiration of which becomes an alternative approach in vocabulary teaching.
文摘Almost every English learners is impacted and harassed by word memory in different degrees.However,the traditional rote memorization that is commonly used by majority of students can exacerbate the problem.It is believed that Mind Map may contribute to enhancing the efficiency of vocabulary learning and enlarging the capacity of words.Therefore,Mind Map has received extensive attention in English vocabulary teaching for the recent decades.Mind Map is conducive to motivating student’s interest,enhancing students’memory and augmenting vocabulary learning efficiency.
文摘In three-year senior middle school in China(for pupils aged 15-18), the National University Entrance Examination(orgaokao) exerts great influence on daily English teaching. In the light of the particular context of senior middle schools in which vo-cabulary instruction takes place, this paper will seek to discuss its key features, and propose a plan to advance its development.
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Vocabulary teaching is important but difficult in language acquisition and teaching.Language teachers aims at finding a way to help learners acquire the meaning of words without so much difficulties.With the appearance of semantic theories,it is easy for us to reveal the veil of vocabulary learning.This paper introduces some theories of semantics and their application in vocabulary acquisition and teaching put forward some suggestions for vocabulary pedagogy and teaching strategies.
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As Rome was built brick by brick,English teaching is processed word by word,and sentence by sentence.Basically speaking,words consolidate the English mansion fundamentally.So lexical problems in college English teaching should be faced and solved first and foremost.In this essay,the author mentions some of the problems in college English teaching and attempts to give possible solutions to them in regular college English teaching process.
