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TheTeachingofVocabularyforMiddleSchoolStudentsAThesisPresentedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsZhujinjinUndertheSupervisionofWangyongqingForeignLanguagesCollegeTianjinNormalUniversityMarch20121ContentsAbstract(English)……………………………………………………………………….…...1Abstract(Chinese)…………………………………………………………………………...2Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..…3Chapter1TheImportanceofEnlargingEnglishVocabulary…………………………….…..4Chapter2LearningHowtoLearnEnglishVocabulary……………………………..…….....52.1ImmersioninWords…………………………………………………………..….52.2LearningtoGuessthePossibleMeaningfromWordSpelling…………………...52.3UnderstandingtheWordMeaningfromContext…………………………...........62.4ExpandingVocabularyinaSteadyandSystematicalWay……………..………...7Chapter3SomeMethodsforMemorizingWords………………...………………………....83.1Repeating---theWaytoImprovetheFacultyofMemory………………….….…83.2DependingonWord-formationRules…………………………...……………......83.3AnalogyandAssociation…………………………………………………….……9Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….……10References…………………………………………………………………..….11Appendix…………………………………………………………………..………….....….122AbstractEnglishisgettingmoreandmoreusefulinourdailylifeandwork.ArichvocabularyisindispensabletolearnersofEnglishforbetterandefficientcommunication.InstudyingEnglish,however,oneofthemostcommonproblemsstudentsfaceisthattheyhaveasmallvocabulary.Agreatmajorityofstudentsthinkitisboringtoremembertoomanywords.Itis,therefore,veryimportantforEnglishlearners,especiallybeginners,tograspthemethodsandskillsofhowtolearnandmemorizetheenormousEnglishwords.ThepaperdiscussestheimportanceofbuildingupalargevocabularyforEnglishlearnersanditexploredthewaysoflearningvocabularyandofmemorizingvocabularyaswell.Learnersneedtolearnhowtoguessthepossiblemeaningfromspellingandcontext,andexpandthevocabularyinasteadyandsystematicalway.Formemorizingwords,repeatingisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantwaytoimprovethefacultyofmemory.Word-formationrules,analogyandassociation,maybeofgreathelpalongwithgreatperseverance.ForEnglishlearners,especiallyforbeginners,thesewaysoflearningvocabularyandwaysofmemorizingwordsmaybeindispensableinthelongprocessofbuildingupalargevocabulary.，enlargetheirvocabularyisquitenecessary.ItcanarousetheinterestofstudyandimprovetheirEnglishlevels.Keywords:Englishvocabulary、Memory、Word-formation、Analogyandassociation3摘要英语在我们的日常生活、工作中变得越来越重要。而掌握丰富的词汇对于学习者来说是必不可少的。但在英语学习中，学生们所遇到的最普遍的一个问题却恰恰是词汇量不够的问题。大多数学生都认为记那么多的单词太枯燥无味。因此，对于英语学习者来说，特别是初学者来说，掌握学习记忆大量词汇的方法和技巧是很重要的。这篇文章讨论了学习者建构大量词汇的重要性，并探讨了学习词汇和记忆词汇的方法。学习者应该掌握如何从词形和语境中猜测词义，循序渐进地扩大词汇量。对于词汇记忆而言，循环记忆、构词法则、类比和联想，再加上持之以恒的精神对学习者会受益无穷。关键词：英语词汇、记忆、构词法、类比和联想4IntroductionOneofthemostimportantproblemsfacinglearnersofEnglishisthattheyhavenotacquiredenoughwords.Asaresult,somestudentsgraduallylosetheirinterestinstudyingEnglish.ThosepoorstudentscomplainthatEnglishwordsaretoomanytoremember.SomereportthattheycannotuseEnglishwordscorrectly.Otherssaythat,duetotheirlackofvocabulary,theycannotfollowtheteacherorcannotcompletethetasksinclass.Littlebylittle,someofthemmaylagbehindinEnglishandtakealessactiveroleinclassroomactivities.AfewstudentsevenwanttodropEnglish.Itistruethatit’snoteasytolearnEnglish,especiallyforstudentsinaforeigncountry.StudentsarenotinthefavorablelanguageenvironmentoflearningEnglish.NeitherdotheyacquirethecorrectmethodsoflearningEnglish.Consequently,manystudentsgraspfewerwords.Butwithoutenoughwordsinmind,theymayconfrontalotoftroublesinlistening,speaking,readingandwriting,letalonecommunicatingwithforeigners.Helpingthestudents,especiallybeginners,enlargetheirvocabularyisquitenecessary.ItcanarousetheinterestofstudyandimprovetheirEnglishlevels.ThepaperbeginswiththeimportanceofbuildingupalargevocabularyforEnglishlearners.Thenitexploresthewaysoflearningvocabularyandofmemorizingvocabularyinchaptertwoandthreerespectively.5Chapter1TheimportanceofenlargingEnglishvocabularyNowadays,Englishisgettingmoreandmoreimportantinourdailylifeandwork.AlmosteverycareerandsocialactivityneedsEnglish,suchasforeigntrade,scienceandtechniqueresearch,sportsgames,culture,education,communication,broadcasting,traffic,military,andetc.That’swhytherearesomanypeopleintheworldwholearnEnglishnow.Inthelasttwodecades,moreandmorepeopleinChinadevotethemselvestostudyingEnglish.Theyworkhardatit,andtheystudyitwithdetermination.LearningEnglishisnotonlyrequiredbytheirlivesandwork,butmeanwhilerequiredbythereformandopeningupinourcountry.Itcaterfornotonlytheirownbenefits,butalsoforourcountryandthepeople’sbenefits.Vocabularyisthefoundationforcommunication.Itisunlikelyforlearnerstoexpressone’sideaclearlyandcommunicateinEnglishwithoutanymisunderstanding.Thus,learnersneedtopaymuchmoreattentiontotheimportanceofwords.AnaverageeducatedadultnativespeakersofEnglishhasavocabularysizeofaboutfrom15to20thousandwordfamilies.Toacquiresuchanimpressiveamountofvocabulary—tensofthousandsofwordfamilies,isoftenconsideredasthegreatestsourceofproblemsbymostlearnersofEnglish.Tojuniormiddleschoolstudents,thebeginnersofEnglish,theirvocabularyislimited.Theselearnersoftencomplai