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简介:IntroductionVocabularyisoneoftheindispensablecomponentsofthelanguagesystem,andresearchershavefoundthatthereexistsacloserelationshipbetweenvocabularyandothercomponentsinalanguagesystem.However,vocabularyisthoughttobethemostdifficultcomponentoflanguageknowledgeforalearnertograsp.Gorman(1979)pointedoutthattherewasevidenceshowingthatasstudentsbecomemoreproficientinasecondlanguage,problemscausedspecificallybysyntacticalvariationbecomelesssignificant(citedinCrowandQuigley,1985:499).Thatistosay,vocabularybecomesamajorprobleminthe
简介:TheonethingthatmostinterfereswithEnglishasaSecondLanguagelearner’sreadingisunknownvocabulary.Thisreferstoanywordwhichblocksthereaders’understandingintheirprocessofreading.Whenreading,onewillinevitablymeetunknownvocabularynomatterhowlargeone’smentallexiconis.Oftenthedensityofunfamiliarwordsinreadingmakesthereaderfeelgreatlyfrustratedandgiveupintheend,forhehasalreadylosthistrainofthoughtwhenlookingupwordsinthedictionary.Itisclearthattoogreatadensityofunknownlexicalitemsslowsdownthereadingspeedwhichleadstopoorcomprehensionofthetext.Ofcourse,one’sknowledgeofEnglishvocabularyisboundtobelimited;butisthereawayonecanefficientlycopewiththeunknownwordsonecomesacrossinreadingwithouthavingtostopandlookthemupinthedictionary.
简介:Guidingcollegestudentstoacquireanadequatevocabularyisanimportanttaskthatisoftenneglected.Themorevocabularyhatismastered,thehigherlevelalearnerofEnglishwillhave.ButinChina,thetraditionalmethodofteachingvocabularyislearningbyrote,andlearnersofforeignlanguagesareinclinedtolearnasmuchvocabularyaspossiblethiswayregardlessofwhetherthesevocabularyisusefulornot.Indeed,therearesomedisadvantageousfactorshinderingthestudentsfromexpandingvocabularyrapidlyandefficiently.Wehavetodevelopascientificmethodofteachingvocabularyexploringmethodsofwhichisthekeytothisarticle.