重新评价翻译在高中英语词汇教学中应用.docVIP

重新评价翻译在高中英语词汇教学中应用 　　Introduction 　　How to teach vocabulary more effectively is a question frequently raised by school teachers of English in China.The reason for it is that vocabulary seems the most difficult part to deal with in TEFL at schools in China，especially at senior middle schools.To teach vocabulary more effectively and make new words more memorable，school teachers are practicing many techniques in their classroom teaching activities.The techniques change with the development of foreign language teaching theories and methods.While various techniques contribute to teaching vocabulary at senior middle schools in China，the technique of translation is still of vital importance. 　　The Role of Vocabulary Teaching 　　Teaching vocabulary in teaching English as a foreign language is regarded to be most important by the majority of teachers of English in China’s senior middle schools（and by whomever teaches English as a foreign language to students as well）.As is often said by one of our tutors in ECP（English Coaching Paper）classes，something like this，with words you can convey meaning but with grammar（without words）you can convey nothing.Or it seems safe to say ‘with words you can communicate，while with only grammar you can do nothing.’ This is ‘meaning over structure’.Yet，‘it has been apparent for some time that little attention has been given to the needs of practicing and student teachers of English as a Second Language’（Verginia，F.A.1983）.Obviously，the Second Language mentioned above refers to both English as a second language and English as a foreign language.Although researches into teaching vocabulary have not been that much，or have been，to some extent，neglected in the past few decades，in actual teaching and learning，vocabulary is thought by both teachers and learners to be of great importance.Fortunately，at China’s senior middle schools vocabulary teaching and learning is regarded of first importance.The role of vocabulary in classroom language teaching see