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1、聊城大学硕士学位论文Chapter1Introduction1.1BackgroundofthestudyWordsarethebasiclanguageunits.Peopleusethemtothink,toexpresstheirfeelings
andideas,andtolearnaboutthethoughtsofothersandtheworldandthereisageneral
agreementthatthepossessionofalargenumberofvocabularyitemsisnecessaryto
suc
2、cessinsocial,professional,andintellectuallife.“Withoutgrammarverylittlecanbe
conveyed,withoutvocabularynothingcanbeconveyed.”ThisishowthelinguistDavid
Wilkins(1972:111)summeduptheimportanceofvocabularylearning.Acoursebook
(DellarandHocking,2001:40)alsoadoptshisidea:“Ifyousp
3、endmostofyourtime
studyinggrammar,yourEnglishwillnotimproveverymuch.Youwillseemost
improvementifyoulearnmorewordsandexpressions.Youcansayverylittlewith
grammar,butyoucansayalmostanythingwithwords!”Whenwetalkabouttheimportanceofvocabulary,wemaythinkofwhatHarmer
stated:“iflan
4、guagestructuresmakeuptheskeletonoflanguage,thenitisvocabulary
thatprovidesthevitalorgansandtheflesh.Anabilitytomanipulategrammatical
structuredoesnothaveanypotentialforexpressingmeaningunlesswordsareused.
Grammaticalknowledgeallowsustogeneratesentences.Atthesametime,wemust
5、havemeaningsthatwewishtoexpress,andweneedtohaveastoreofwordsthatwe
canselectfromwhenwewishtoexpressthesemeanings”(Harmer,1991:56).Withenhancementofthestatusofvocabularyinlanguagelearning,researchinto
vocabularyacquisitionbecomesafocusofresearchatpresent.Instructorsandlearne
6、rs
havealwaystriedtofindoutwaysinwhichinstructionalprogramsmightbestfosterthe
acquisitionofvocabulary.Andresearchersandteachershavemadegreateffortstoexplore
newwaysforlanguagelearnerstoenlargetheirvocabularysize.Studiesshowthatnative
Englishspeakingundergraduatesareconsider
7、edtohaveavocabularylevelofaround
17,000-20,000words(Goulden,1990).Theywilladdroughly1,000wordfamiliesayear
totheirvocabularysize.Directvocabularyacquisitionintheclassroomaccountsforonlya
smallamountofL1vocabularyacquisition.SothereisadilemmaforEFLteachers.Onthe1聊城大学硕士学位论文on
8、ehand,teacherstrytheirbesttoteachstudentsvocabularyasmanyaspossible.Onthe
otherhan
