On English Vocabulary Teaching in the Junior School 英语毕业论文.docx

On English Vocabulary Teaching in the Junior School Abstract: During vocabulary teaching in junior school, teachers only emphasize the pronunciation, spelling and meaning in dictionary, but ignore their match, use, inner meaning and grammatical characteristics. The importance of context is also ignored, which makes students just recite the words, but not know how to use them. If they use the words, they just misuse them. This essay provides some methods of teaching English vocabulary. They should also make full use of class time to help students to master the use of words they have learned. Keywords: Vocabulary teaching, Junior school English, Teaching methods 论中学英语词汇教的艺术 摘 要：中学英语词汇教学,过分强调学生死记硬背单词的读音、词形和字典意义, 而忽略了词汇的搭配、用法、实际含义和语法特征,以及语境在词汇学习中的重要性, 导致学生对许多单词只会记而不会用。本文提出一些相应的解决方法，采用适合学生的教授词汇的方法，要充分利用常规课堂教学时间，帮助学生掌握基本词汇的用法。 关键词：词汇教学；中学英语；教学方法 1. Introduction A famous scholar said, “Without grammar, very little can be conveyed; without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed. One linguist also said, a student who learns a second foreign language, he can’ t convey his idea, if he masters very few words, no matter how well he learns the grammar or how nice his pronunciation is. Therefore, one’s mind and ability of communication is influenced directly by his vocabulary he has learned. As an important component in learning English, vocabulary is especially important to improve students’ English. To master a lot of words is the basic in learning English. However, in middle school, there are a lot of problems. Teachers just emphasize the spelling and the meaning in dictionary, but ignore the match, usage, inner meaning and grammatical characteristics. And the methods teachers use to teach vocabulary are not proper. Or teachers don’t have enough theory or experience. This phenomenon worries us a lot. Both teachers and students are dissatisfied with the present mode of English teaching. As an English teacher, his responsibility is not just to criticize this ph