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1、StrategiesforEnglishVocabularyLearning1.Introduction1.1ResearchbackgroundandpurposeWiththeopennesstotheworldafterdecadesofisolationandanexplosionincommercial,technological,andculturalexchangeswithWesterncountries,Chinaisexperiencingtransition.Moreover,withCh
2、ina’sjoiningthemarket-basedglobaleconomy,itsfast-movingworldfinancialmarketsappealtomanyforeigncompanies.ThisfinancialgrowthhasgivenrisetoapressingdemandforlargenumbersofcompetentusersofEnglishinawiderangeofprofessionsandbusinesses.Suchrecentpolitical,econom
3、ic,andsocialfactorswillhaveagreatimpactonEnglishlanguageteachingandlearninginChina.Hence,howtoimprovelearners’abilityoflearningEnglishinordertomeetnewdemandsseemsimperative.Inthepast25years,thefieldofsecondlanguageacquisitionhasseenthereemergenceofinterestin
4、oneareaoflanguagestudy,i.e.vocabulary,andtheappearanceofanewlyrecognizedaspectlearningstrategies.Vocabularyisafundamentallyimportantaspectoflanguagelearning.Learningalanguageisjustlikeconstructingabuilding,inwhichvocabulary,thebuildingmaterials,isessential.V
5、ocabularyknowledgeenableslanguageuse,languageuseenablestheincreaseofvocabularyknowledge,andknowledgeoftheworldenablestheincreaseofvocabularyknowledgeandlanguageuseandsoon.Rubin&Thompsononcesaid,“Onecan’tspeak,understand,readorwriteaforeignlanguagewithoutknow
6、ingalotofwords.”Therefore,vocabularyisattheheartofmasteringaforeignlanguage.InChina,theimportanceofvocabularyinsecondlanguageacquisitionhasbeengreatlyrecognized.However,teachersputgreatemphasisonexplaininggrammaranddevelopingstudents’readingskill,leavingvoca
7、bularytostudentsthemselves.Tostudents,theybelieve,learningawordmeansknowingitspronunciation,spelling,andmeanings,whichcanbememorizeabsolutelybythemselvesiftheywantto.However,studentscannotachieveahighlevelafterseveralyearsofendeavor,andvocabularyisthemostcha
8、llengeandthebiggestheadacheforthem.Hence,vocabularyisbecomingtheneckofabottleinlearningEnglish.AccordingtoNew10CriteriaforEnglishCoursesforGeneralHighSchool,students’Englishabilityafterhighschoo
