ABSTRACT

The English Curriculum Standard for Senior High School clearly puts forward that vocabulary teaching is an important part of English teaching. At present, the application of vocabulary teaching strategies in senior high school is often neglected, the vocabulary teaching efficiency is low and the effect of students' vocabulary learning effect is not ideal in senior high school English vocabulary teaching. How to improve students' vocabulary learning efficiency, expand their vocabulary and help students apply vocabulary flexibly has gradually become a research focus in English teaching. It is becoming more and more important and urgent to strengthen the study and practice of English vocabulary learning and teaching strategies. 

This paper focuses on the study of students' English vocabulary learning strategies in senior high school and adopts the research methods of literature analysis, questionnaire survey and data analysis. It attempts to put forward more scientific, reasonable and effective vocabulary teaching suggestions based on the current situation of students' vocabulary learning. Teachers should strengthen the training of students' English vocabulary learning strategies and methods to arouse students' interest in English vocabulary and form their own learning methods. In addition, teachers should also help students develop good habits of learning vocabulary and improve students' ability to learn vocabulary actively.

Key words: Vocabulary； Strategy； Senior High School Students

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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摘要

Chapter One  INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter Two  LITERATURE REVIEW-3

2.1 Theoretical Basis-3

2.2 Previous Studies on Vocabulary Learning Strategies at Home and Abroad-5

Chapter Three  THE PRESENT SITUATION OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY LEARNING-7

3.1 Problems Existing in Vocabulary Learning of Senior High School Students-7

3.1.1 Insufficient Amount of Vocabulary-9

3.1.2 Improper Vocabulary Learning Methods-10

3.1.3 Weak Ability to Use Vocabulary-10

3.2 The Main Reasons for the Low Efficiency of Vocabulary Learning-11

3.2.1 Decontextualized English Vocabulary Teaching-11

3.2.2 Influence of Examination-oriented Education-11

3.2.3 The Psychological Barrier of Students' Self-learning Vocabulary-12

Chapter Four  EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY-13

4.1 Visual Teaching Strategy-13

4.2 Collocation Teaching Strategy-14

4.3 Context Teaching Strategy-16

4.4 Comparison Teaching Strategy-17

4.5 Word Formation Teaching Strategy-18

4.6 Association Teaching Strategy-19

Chapter Five  CONCLUSION-22

REFERENCES-23

附录1  词汇测试-24

附录2  中学生词汇学习问卷调查-25