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1、AStudyofStudent-CenteredEnglishVocabularyTeachingI.IntroductionA.VocabularyIflanguagestructuresmakeuptheskeletonoflanguage,itisvocabularythatprovidesthevitalorgansandtheflesh.Vocabularyisoneofthemostimportantessentialsoflanguage,anditisalsothebasisoflan
2、guagecommunication.Invocabularyresearches,vocabularyreferstonotonlythesinglewords,butalsothe“chunks”suchasphrasesandidioms(1).AndinOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,thedefinitionofthevocabularyisatotalnumberofthewordsthatmakeupalanguage.I
3、tisthebasicmeaningfulunitinlanguagecommunication.B.EnglishvocabularyteachingEnglishvocabularyteachingistheprimaryandessentialpartofEnglishteaching.Thisisbecausewecannotexpressanythingperfectwithoutvocabulary;wecannotcarryonthebasiclanguagecommunications
4、uchaslistening,speaking,reading,writingandtranslationiftherehasnovocabulary.Weneedtohaveastoreofvocabulary,whichwecanselectfromfreelywhenwewishtoexpressourthoughts.Forstudents,masteringacertainnumberofvocabulariesisthekeytolearningEnglish.Aseveryoneknow
5、s,thegreatervocabularyonemasters,thestrongerskillinapplyinglanguagehe/shewillhave.ButtoourChinesestudents,thevocabularylearningisagreatdifficultyinEnglishlearning.Whatismore,manyofthestudentsalwaysconsiderthat“vocabularylearning”istorecitethewordswhicha
6、reappearedinthetext.Theythinkthatiftheycanrememberallthosewords,theywillfinishtheirvocabularylearning.Asamatteroffact,theirvocabularylearningstillstaysinthecombinationof“pronunciation,spellingandmeaning”,andalmostalltheirtimeandenergyareusedinthesethree
7、parts.Thiswillbringfailurestotheminlearningandcommunication.Thus,theteacher’svocabularyteachingbecomesespeciallyimportant.C.PurposeofteachingvocabularyThepurposeofteachingvocabularyistomakethestudentsmasterthevocabulary,usethevocabularyfreelyandlaytheba
8、sefortheirEnglishlearning.Inordertoachievethispurpose,educatorsfromhomeandabroadhavebeenresearchingtheapproachesofEnglishteaching.Nomatterwhatkindofapproachtheyadopt,theymustmakesurethattheirteachingisbasedonthestudents.Becauseth