IAnAnalysisonStrategiesofVocabularyLearninginSeniorMiddleSchoolsAbstract:VocabularyisthekeytoimprovingEnglishlevel.Ofcourse,knowingsomewordsdoesnotmeanthatyouhavewellgraspedalanguage,however,ifyouwanttolearnEnglishwell,youhavetopossessalargequantityofvocabulary.Recently,manyscholarshavedoneagreatnumberofresearchesintovocabularylearningstrategies,butresearchesofseniormiddleschoolstudentsinthisfieldarefarfromenough.Thisthesisaimsatmakingsomeresearchesinthisfield,andgivingahandtothehighschoolstudents,providingsomereferencetothehighschoolteachers.Duringtheresearch,theauthorstudiedalotabouttherelativetheories,interviewedandanalyzedmanysubjects,whichtestifiesthattheresearchisreliableandprovoking.Thecontentismainlyaboutmeta-cognitivestrategies,cognitivestrategiesandsocial/affectstrategies.Andthefindingsshowthatlearnersprefertocertainstrategiesofmeta-cognitiveandcognitive,paylessattentiontosocial/affectstrategies.KeyWords:vocabularylearningstrategies;highschoolstudents;meta-cognitivestrategies;cognitivestrategies;social/affectstrategies.IIContentsAbstract.....................................................................................................................(I)1Introduction...........................................................................................................(1)1.1Background......................................................................................................(1)1.2Purpose..............................................................................................................(1)1.3TheStructureoftheThesis...............................................................................(2)2LiteratureReview.................................................................................................(2)2.1BriefIntroductiontoVocabulary......................................................................(2)2.1.1TheDefinitionofVocabulary.....................................................................(2)2.1.2ClassificationandWordFormation...........................................................(3)2.2ResearchintoVocabularyLearningStrategy....................................................(3)2.2.1DefinitionandHistory...............................................................................(3)2.2.2ClassificationofVocabularylearningstrategy..........................................(4)2.2.3TheVocabularyLearningStrategiesFrequentlyUsedinHighSchoolEnglishLearning.........................................................................................................(8)3ResearchDesign...................................................................................................(10)3.1ResearchAims................................................................................................(10)3.2ResearchSubjects...........................................................................................(10)3.3ResearchInstrument........................................................................................(11)3.3.1Interviews.................................................................................................(11)3.3.2Questionnaires..........................................................................................(12)3.4DataCollection...............................................................................................(14)4ResearchResult....................................................................................................(14)5ResearchAnalyses................................................................................................(15)5.1ASummaryoftheDataCollected..................................................................(15)5.2TheMost-frequentlyUsedVocabularyLearningStrategies...........................(15)5.3TheLeast-frequentlyUsedVocabularyLearningStrategies...........................(17)III5.4VocabularyLearningStrategiesUsedinTeaching.........................................(17)6DiscussionsandSuggestions...............................................................................(18)6.1VocabularyLearningStrategiesForSeniorMiddleSchoolStudents.............(18)6.2VocabularyLearningStrategiesinTeachingProcess.....................................(18)Reference.................................................................................................................(20)Abstract(Chinese)......................................................................(错误!未定义书签。)11Introduction1.1BackgroundInrecentyears,astheinternationalizationtrendcontinuestomarchon,thesignificanceofEnglishteachingisgrowingtoourcountryandnationality.WhilevocabularyisthebasicelementofEnglish,AsthelinguistMcCarthy(1990)pointedout,regardlessofhowgoodaperson’sgrammaris,regardlessofhowstandardhispronunciationis,ifhedoesnothaveenoughvocabularytoexpresshisfeelingsorunderstandingofeachother’sviewsandideas,hecannotusethelanguagetocommunicatewithothers.sowhetherwechoosethecorrectandsuitablelearningstrategiesornothasprofoundandlastinginfl