8_Teaching_vocabulary.pptVIP

What does knowing a word involve? A simple answer would be (1)knowing its pronunciation stress; (2) knowing its spelling grammar; (3) knowing its meaning; (4) knowing how when to use it to express the intended meaning. According to Hedge (2000), vocabulary learning involves at least two aspects of meaning. The first aspect involves the understanding of its denotative and connotative meaning. The second aspect involves understanding the sense relations among words. denotative meaning(外延意义) 词的意义一般包括语法意义和词汇意义，前者指词与词之间的相互关系，后者指词所表达的意思，通常分为外延意义（denotative meaning）和内涵意义 (connotative meaning)两类。词