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本科毕业设计谈扩大非英语专业学生英语词汇的学习策略猜词法
论文编号:
华南师范大学增城学院
本科毕业论文(设计)
题目:
谈扩大非英语专业学生英语词汇的学习策略
——猜词法
姓名:
陈芬
学号:
060114412
系别:
外语系
专业班级:
国际商务英语D班
指导教师:
王德海
2010年04月18日
StudyonWord-guessing——TheStrategytoEnlargeEnglishVocabularyofNon-EnglishMajors
AThesisSubmitted
totheDepartmentofForeignLanguages
ZengchengCollegeofSouthChinaNormalUniversity
inPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirements
fortheDegreeofBachelorofArts
ByChenFen
Tutor:
WangDeHai
April18,2010
TableofContents
Abstracti
中文摘要ii
1.Introduction1
2.TheImportanceofVocabularyAcquisitioninEnglishlearning2
3.TheCurrentSituationinVocabularyLearningofNon-EnglishMajors3
3.1Therequirementsforthenon-Englishmajorsinvocabularylearning3
3.1.1Basicrequirement4
3.1.2Higherrequirement.4
3.2Themisunderstandinginvocabularylearningofnon-Englishmajors4
3.2.1Memorizingwordsislackofsystematicnessandassociability.4
3.2.2.Focusingontheamountsofvocabularyblindly,ignoringthequalityofvocabularymemorizing.5
4.TheImportanceofStudent-centeredinVocabularyLearning.5
5.TheRelationshipbetweenWord-guessingandEnglishVocabularyLearning6
5.1Theessentialstepsinvocabularylearning6
5.2DefinitionofWord-guessing7
5.3Word-guessingimprovetheavailabilityofEnglishvocabularyacquisition8
6.StrategiesofWord-guessing9
6.1Guessingwordsbycause-and-effectrelationship9
6.2Guessingwordsbysynonymandantonym10
6.3Guessingwordsbydefinitionandexplanation10
6.4Guessingwordsbyword–formation10
6.5Guessingwordsbydescriptionandillustration12
7.Conclusion12
7.1Conclusionofthispaper12
7.2Limitationsandsuggestiontofuturestudy12
Bibliography14
Acknowledgement15
Abstract
Insecondlanguagelearningandteaching,vocabularylearningisoneofthehottesttopicsforlanguagelearners,asvocabularyabilityisessentialindevelopingthelanguageabilitiesoflearners.Inlanguageteachingresearchfields,moreandmorepeopleareconcernedaboutquestionslike:
howtohelpstudentslearnvocabularyactivelyandeffectively,howtoimprovetheirabilitiesofusingvocabulary,howtohelpthemrealizethelong-termretentionofvocabulary,etc.Formthesequestions,itiseasytoknowthatvocabularyisthemostimportantpartinEnglishlearning;alsoitisabigheadacheforstudentstomemorizeeverynewword.Inrecentyears,linguistsprovideanewlearningtactictosolvethesequestionsthroughword-guessing.Itisanewlearningstrategyinvocabularylearning.
Inthisthesis,theauthordiscussestheimportanceofvocabularyinsecondlanguagelearning.Thereisacommonphenomenonforthenon-professionalstudentsofEnglishinsecondlanguagelearningthatitishardtofindaneasymethodtolearnsecondlanguagevocabularywell.Wefocusonthestrategyofenlargingthestudents’Englishvocabularywhichnamedword-guessing.IthelpsthestudentstoimprovetheirEnglishreadingcomprehensionability,alsofromtheviewoflearningEnglishtoimprovethestudents’effectivenessoflearningmethodsandinterests.
Keywords:
vocabularylearning;learningstrategy;Word-guessing
中文摘要
在第二外语学习与教学中,词汇学习一直是学习者最为关心的问题之一,因为词汇能力是发展语言学习者语言能力最基本的因素。
在语言教学研究领域,越来越多的人正在关注以下问题:
怎样帮助学生灵活有效学习词汇,怎样提高他们运用词汇的能力,怎样帮助他们保持长期的词汇记忆能力等等。
从这些问题,我们很容易知道词汇是英语学习中最重要部分。
同时也是学生记忆新单词最头痛的部分。
近年来,语言学家提出一个新的学习策略—猜词法来解决上述的问题。
本论文,作者讨论了词汇在第二外语学习中的重要性。
非英语专业学生在英语学习中存在一种普遍现象,他们很难掌握好词汇学习。
该文主要关注扩大学生英语词汇学习的策略--猜词法。
它帮助学生提高他们的英语阅读能力,也从英语学习的角度来提高学生学习的积极性和学习方法兴趣等。
关键词:
词汇学习;学习策略;猜词法
1.Introduction
Inrecentyears,secondlanguagevocabularyacquisitionhasbecomeanincreasinglyinterestingtopicofdiscussionsinresearchers,theorists,andothersinvolvedinsecondlanguageacquisitionresearch.Amoreandmoreimportantlinguisticphenomenonvocabularystudy—comesintooursight,whichofcoursehasarousedintensivestudyanddiscussionofmanyfamouslinguists.
Moreandmoreresearchershaveabroadconsensusontheimportanceofvocabularylearning(ShuDingfang,1995).ShuDingfangpointsoutthefeaturesofsecondlanguagevocabularyacquisitionascomparedwiththefirstlanguagevocabularyacquisition,shealsodiscussessomeimportantprinciplesofsecondlanguagevocabularylearning,suchassystemprinciple,communicationprinciple,cultureprincipleandefficiencyprinciple.HuangKunhaihaswrittenapaperonthecharacteristicsandmethodsofEnglishvocabularystudying.Hesuggeststhatthemethodsofvocabularyteachingnotonlyhelpthestudentstoimprovetheirlanguageandcommunicativecompetencebutalsosimulatetheirenthusiasmandenliventheclassroomatmosphere.
Inthepast20years,Chinesescholarshavedonetheresearchonlearningstrategiesfrombothmacroscopicandmicroscopicperspectives.Themacroperspectivecanbeviewedasthegeneralresearchonthelearners’beliefsandstrategies,whilethemicroscopicperspectivecanbedefinedasputtingthefocusoncertainknowledgeorlanguageskillstrategies,suchaslisteningstrategy,readingstrategyorvocabularystrategy(WenQiufang,2003).Thisstudyisconductedfromamicroscopicperspectivetofindouttheeffectivenessofsomevocabularylearningstrategiesusedbynon-Englishmajors.Theseabovehaveshownthatamongthenumerousaffectivefactors,vocabularylearningisprobablythemostimportantpartinlearningprocess.
Althoughalotofstudiesconcerningaboutthevocabularyacquisition,therearelargelyabouttheteachingofvocabularyacquisitionwhichintroducetheteachingstrategiesfromteacher’sperspective.Howeverthereareafewresearchesrelatedtomethodsofstudenthowtolearningvocabularybytheirown.Evenifsomeresearchershavestudiedstrategiestostudent’svocabularylearning;theobjectsaremainlyEnglishmajors.Thenumbersofresearchesaboutnon-Englishmajorsarefew.Asisknowntoall,EnglishmajorsmusthavebettermasteryofEnglishthannon-Englishmajors.Theyneedtostudyharderanddeeper;itiseasytoknowtheyhavemanyprofessionalstrategiesdifferentfromnon-Englishmajors.
Firstly,thethesistalksabouttherealisticsignificanceofvocabularylearning.Secondly,itintendstoprovideanoverviewaboutthecurrentsituationinvocabularylearningofnon-Englishmajors.Thirdly,makesadetailedexplanationabouttheimportanceofstudentsinvocabularylearning.Fourthly,discussestherelationshipbetweenword-guessingandvocabularylearning.Fifthly,theauthortriestooffersomesimplestrategiesonhowtoenlargetheEnglishvocabulary.Finally,theauthormakesabriefconclusionandproposessomeone’sdirectionsforfurtherresearchinthisfield.
2.TheImportanceofVocabularyAcquisitioninEnglishlearning
Thevocabulary,asabearerofmeaning,isveryimportanttothelanguageacquisitionprocess.ItisoneofthethreeelementsofEnglishwhicharepronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar.Generallyspeaking,anin-deptharticlecannotexpressitsspritwithoutwords.Wecan’tlisten,speak,readorwriteeffectivelywithouthavingenoughwords,what’stheworseisthatwemayfailinEnglishcommunicationindailylife.Itisdifficulttolearnatargetlanguagebynaturallyinsuchalackofthelanguageenvironmentinourcountry.TheworldfamouslinguistRiverusedtosay:
Enlargingenoughvocabularyisthekeytohavingagoodcommandofaforeignlanguage.
Wehaveseenagreaterawarenessofthenecessityandimportanceofvocabularylearningbymanylinguistswhogiveusmanydifferentviews.Thebasicfunctionofvocabularyistomaintaingrammarandpronunciation.AtAllenValette,hebelievesthatvocabularyisthecornerstoneofasuccessfulandfulfillingmethodtoimproveEnglishcommunicativeability.Forbeginners,thequantityofvocabularyisfarmoreimportantthanaccuratestructure.ItisnoexaggerationtosaythatthequantityofvocabularyisoneofthemostimportantfactorsthatdeterminestheefficiencyofEnglishlearning.Thescholarsofresearchlisteningandteachingallknow,vocabularyisthebaseoflistening.Thequantityofvocabularydecidesveracityoflisteningcomprehensionfromoneside.Meanwhile,theamountofvocabularyforonepersonshowshisEnglishleveltoacertainextent.Vocabularylevelhasgreatinfluenceonthelearners’speakingability(XuFang,2004).ThereisahighcorrelationbetweentheEnglishvocabularyandreadinglevelofthestudents(YangHiqing,1996).Richards(1976)suggeststhatanactivechildonenteringschoolattheageoffiveorsixcanalreadyhaveaproductivevocabularyof2000to3000words.ComparedwiththebasiclexiconsofsimilarsizeusedtodesignthehigherlevelsofgradedreadersintendedforEnglishhasaforeignlanguageadults(forexample,HeinemannGuidedReadersUpperLevelat2,200wordsorCollinsEnglishLibraryLevelSixat2,500words),thesubstanceofthevocabularylearningtaskbecomeevident.Thoselearnersfeelmanyoftheirdifficultiesinbothreceptiveandproductivelanguageuseresultfromaninadequatevocabulary.
3.TheCurrentSituationinVocabularyLearningofNon-EnglishMajors
3.1Therequirementsforthenon-Englishmajorsinvocabularylearning
Englishvocabularyacquisitioninourcountryhasbecomeaninterestingtopicofdiscussionsinlinguist.Somescholarsnotethatvocabularyiscentraltolanguageandwordsareofcriticalimportancetothetypicallanguagelearners.ThefieldofEnglishvocabularyacquisitionhasseenthereemergenceofinterestinoneareaoflanguagestudyvocabulary,andtheappearanceofanewlyrecognizedaspect---learner’sstrategies.Appreciationoftheimportanceofbothoftheseareashasledtoconsiderableresearchineach,yettheplacewheretheyi
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