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1、1.Introduction1.1.ImportanceofVocabularyinSecondLanguageLearningVocabularylearningisanimportantaspectofsecondlanguagelearning.Vocabularylearning,however,gotlittleattentionduringthe1950sand1960sandwasaneglectedpartofsecondlanguagelearning.Duringthe1970s,researchin
2、tovocabularylearningbegantogrowinappliedlinguisticsandincreasinglyhasbecomeafocusofmuchresearchatpresent.Theroleofvocabularymemorizinghaschangedcompletely,asMaiguashca(1993)statedthatthestudyofvocabularyhaschangedfrombeingthe“poorrelation”ofsecondlanguageeducatio
3、ninthepastintotheroleof“guestofhonor”atpresent.Theresearchershaveattachedgreatimportancetovocabularywiththeenhancementofthestatusofvocabularylearning.Wilkins(1972)(citedfromLessard-Clouston1996),forexample,pointedout“whilewithoutgrammarverylittlecanbeconveyed,wit
4、houtvocabularynothingcanbeconveyed”.KrashenandTerrell(1983)alsoclearlyindicated“vocabularyisofprimeconcerninL2settingsbecauseitplaysadominantroleinclassroomsuccess”.Inaword,itisobviousnowthatthegoodgraspofalargenumberofwordsisanessentialcomponentofsecondlanguagea
5、cquisitionandlearners,therefore,mustmasterlargevocabulariesinordertogetagoodproficiencyinsecondlanguagelearning.1.2.NecessityofVocabularyMemorizingStrategiesWiththetendencyofglobalizationandChina’sentryintotheWTO,thesignificantroleofEnglishhasbecomemoreevident.At
6、thesametime,Englishvocabularymemorizingplaysaveryimportantrolein“howtolearnEnglish”well.FormostChineselearners,Englishvocabularyhasalwaysbeentheirtopconcernaswellastheirbigheadacheonwhichtheyspendalotoftime.InordertohelpthemstudyEnglishvocabularymoreeffectivelyan
7、defficiently,itisnecessarytoexplorelearningstrategiestheyactuallyuseintheirEnglishvocabularylearningprocess.Oxford(1990),oneoftheleadingresearchersinthelanguagelearningstrategiesfield,indicatedthat:(1)Strategiesaretoolsforactive,self-directedinvolvement,whichises
8、sentialfortheirownconditionstodevelopthecorrectroad,themaximumtoavoidinvestmentrisk,gainprofit.(three)vigorouslypromotethebrand.Toestablishbrandawareness,aware