高中学生英语词汇学习策略使用情况的调查分析-(11651)

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1、万方数据ChapterlIntroduction1．1TheaimoftheresearchAccordingtosomeresearchesdonebysomeresearcherstheGradeTwonon—EnglishmajorsstudyingatBeijingUniversitywereselectedtobetheirresearchsubjects，suchastheonemadebyGuandJohnson(Gu&Johnson，1996)．Afterthestudy,theyfoundthatthereisacloserelationbetweenlanguagelea

2、rningstrategyuseandEnglishperformanceofEnglishasaforeignlanguage．Yetnocompleteagreementhasbeenreached．Whatismore，researchesconcerningtheSeniorHighSchoolsstudentsarefewandfarbetween(WenQiufang&WangLifei，2004)；thoughafewsubstantialresearchesonlearningstrategiesemployedbystudentsinChinahavebeencarried

3、outbysomedomesticresearchersThestudyofvocabularylearningstrategieswhichareadoptedbyseniorhighschoolstudentsisalsoavailableinsmallquantities．Hencetheshortageoftherelativeresearchhasmotivatedtheresearcherstocarryoutastudytoanalyzethevocabularylearningstrategiesthatareusedbyseniorhighschoolstudents．Wh

4、atisevenmore，theaimofthisstudyistogetaclearpictureoftheEnglishvocabularylearningstrategiesemployedbyEFLstudentsinChineseseniorschools．Concernedabouttheoverallpresentsituation，thisthesistriesmainlytofindouttheseoutcomesbydoingtheresearch：thesubjects’beliefstowardstheusageofvocabularylearningstrategi

5、es；thebasicsituationanddifferencebetweenfemaleandmalestudentsusingvocabularyleamingstrategiesandthehigh—proficientandlow—proficientstudentsusingthevocabularylearningstrategies．1．2ThesignificanceoftheresearchVocabulary，whichisthebuildingmaterialofanylanguage，isofgreatimportancetopeople’Scommunicatio

6、naswellaslanguagelearning．Pickett(1988)pointedoutthatvocabularylearningalwaysseemedthekeytoanylanguage(Piekettl988，citedinLu2008)．AmongthethreeelementsofEnglishthatcontainsvocabularyphonology,andgrammar，vocabularyisthemostimportantpart．BritishlinguistD．A．Wilkins(1972)onceexpressedthatverylittlecanb

7、econveyedif万方数据therewasnogrammarandnothingcanbeconveyedifwasnovocabulary(Wilkinsl972)．Horwitzpointedouthisviewin1988thatthestudentswholearnEnglishasasecondlanguagefinishingthequestionnaireeitherfirmlyagreed