英语论文The Application of Communicative Approach in Vocabulary Teaching in Senior High Schools.docx

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英语论文TheApplicationofCommunicativeApproachinVocabularyTeachinginSeniorHighSchools

TheApplicationofCommunicativeApproachinVocabularyTeachinginSeniorHighSchools

交际法在高中英语词汇教学中的应用

1.Introduction1

2.Aspectsofvocabularyteaching3

2.1Theimportanceofvocabularyteachingandlearninginseniorhighschools3

2.2Majorproblemsofvocabularyteachinginseniorhighschools4

2.2.1Thedrawbacksofseveraltraditionalvocabularyteachingmethods5

2.2.1.1Teachwordsinisolation5

2.2.1.2TeachEnglishwordsinChinese6

2.2.1.3Harmfulmethodsofpunishment7

2.3Problemsinstudents’vocabularyinstruction7

2.3.1Lexicalknowledgeandlexicalcompetence7

2.3.2Withoutenoughcontactwithrealcontexts8

3.Communicativeapproach9

3.1Background9

3.2TheoreticalbasisofCA10

3.3ThemainfeaturesofCA11

3.4Assessments12

4.Communicativelanguageteachinginvocabularyclass13

4.1Theapplicationoflanguageinreallifevs.traditionalpedagogy13

4.2PrincipleofCLT14

4.2.1Thetask-basedprinciple14

4.2.2Theinformationgapprinciple14

4.3Teachingvocabulary15

4.3.1Therolesofteachersandstudents15

4.3.2Teachingvocabularybycommunication16

4.3.3Teachingvocabularyincontexts17

4.4AsuccessfulvocabularyclasswithCA17

Comments:

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5.Conclusion23

References24

1.Introduction

Withtheglobalizationoftheworld,Englishhasbecomeauniversallanguage,anditactsasamediumforpeopleofdifferentnations.Englishisoftennecessaryforofficialbusiness,education,internationaltradeandotheractivitiesinmanycountries.Thus,tohaveagoodunderstandingoftheworld,itisnecessaryforustolearnEnglish.

Englishconsistsofspeechsound,grammaticalstructureandvocabulary.TohaveagoodcommandofEnglish,itisindispensableforustohavebetteracquisitionofvocabulary.TolearnEnglishistobuildanewnetworkwhichisexpressedbyvocabulary.AlloftheseleadtothefactthatvocabularyformstheverybackbonetoEnglishlearners.Grammarprovidestheoverallpatterns,andvocabularyisthematerialtoputinthepatterns.AsDavidWilkinssaid,“Withoutgrammarverylittlecanbeconveyed,withoutvocabularynothingcanbeconveyed.”（citedinThornburyScott,2003:

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Inspiteofthis,itseemstostudentsthatitisverydifficulttomastervocabulary,becausethegrammar-translationmethodhasagreatimpactontheformationofstudents’studyhabit.Studentsactaccordingtowhattheteacherwantsthemtoaccomplishbutnotwhattheythemselveswanttoaccomplish,sothescopeoftheirknowledgeisnarrowandtheircommandofvocabularyislimited.Besides,thelong-termpracticeofteacher-centerednessineducationhasactuallylessenedtheopportunitiesforstudentstoanalyzethingsforthemselves,hasharmedstudents’initiativeandhasreducedtheirenthusiasmforlearningvocabulary.Asaresult,thestudentswhohavelearntmorethansixyearsofEnglishareoftenremaindeficientinusingthelanguageinrealcommunicativesituations.

Enablestudentstohaveagoodmasteryofvocabularyandforestertheircommunicativecompetenceinseniorhighschools,communicativeapproachmaybeabettersubstitute.Vocabularyteachingthroughthismethodcantrainanddevelopstudents’linguisticcompetenceandtheircommunicativecompetence,andmoreopportunitiesareprovidedforlearnerstopracticeusingnewwords.

However,someproblemshaveariseninthepracticalteachingandlearning.Teachershaveignoredtheimportanceofvocabularyteaching,thetraditionalteachingmethodshavetendedtoinhibitthedevelopmentofcommunicativeabilitiesandstudentshavelearnedvocabularywithoutenoughcontactwithcontexts.Sothisthesisiswrittentomakeagreatefforttosolvetheseproblems.

Inthisthesis,atfirst,theessentialityofvocabularylearningandteachingisoffered,whichenablesstudentstorealizethepowerofvocabulary.Then,mainproblemsofpresentEnglishteachingarelistedinseniorhighschools.Furthermore,severalaspectsofCAarepresented.Theyarebackground,theories,andfeatures,allofthesearebeneficialtohelpstudentsandteacherstohaveabetterunderstandingofCA.Finally,theapplicationofCAinvocabularyclassisillustrated,whichinvolveshowtoteachvocabulary,andwhatrolesteachersandstudentsshouldplay.Meanwhile,todrawtheattentionofstudentsandteachersonthebenefitofCAinvocabularyclass,asuccessfulvocabularyclassisdemonstrated.

2.Aspectsofvocabularyteaching

2.1Theimportanceofvocabularyteachingandlearninginseniorhighschools

Inseniorhighschools,thetextbooksaremorefrequentlychangedthanbefore,themostevidentsignofwhichisthatvocabularyinthenewseriesoftextbooksismuchricherthanbefore.Itusedtobeenoughforstudentstomasterabout2000wordsbutnowitisnecessa