原型范畴理论在初中英语词汇教学中的应用研究.pdf

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1、AStudyontheApplicationofPrototypeCategoryTheorytoEnglishVocabularyTeachinginJuniorHighSchoolBYSunYingProf.WangDan,SupervisorAThesisSubmittedtoschoolofForeignLanguagesInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofM.Ed.inSubjectPedagogyAtBohaiUniversityMay,

2、2017AbstractVocabularyisanindispensablecomponentoflanguagelearning.Thevocabularysizesthatonemasterwillhaveadirecteffectonhislanguagelearning.Injuniorhighschool,mostofthestudentsviewwordsasisolatedandlearnvocabularybyrote,andtheyarelackofeffectivevocabularylear

3、ningstrategies.Whatismore,theteacher’svocabularyteachingmethodisinadequate.Therefore,newteachingmethodsshouldbeexploredtoenrichstudents’vocabularyandimprovetheirabilityofvocabularyproficiencyscientificallyandeffectively.TheessayattemptstostudytheeffectPrototyp

4、eCategoryTheoryonvocabularyteachinginjuniorhighschool.PrototypeCategoryTheoryholdsthataword’sprototypicalmeaningisregardedasitscenter,andothermeaningsareallextendedaroundit,whichstronglyemphasizestherelationshipbetweencentralmeaningandperipheralmeanings.Basedo

5、nPrototypeCategoryTheory,thispaperaimstostudythefollowingthreequestions:1.WilltheapplicationofPrototypeCategoryTheorytovocabularyteachingenrichstudents’vocabularylearningstrategies?2.WilltheapplicationofPrototypeCategoryTheorytovocabularyteachingfacilitatestud

6、ents’retentionofpolysemy?3.WilltheapplicationofPrototypeCategoryTheorytovocabularyteachingimprovestudents’vocabularyproficiency?TheexperimentisconductedinZhenjiangSchoolofDandongcitywithinfourmonths.TwoclassesofGradeTwoparticipateinthisexperiment.Oneclassissel

7、ectedasexperimentalclass(EC),andtheotherclassiscontrolclass(CC).The42studentsinECaretaughtEnglishvocabularybasedonPrototypeCategoryTheory,whilethe42studentsinCCaretaughtbytraditionalteachingmethod.Thestudyadoptsquestionnaire,testsandinterviewasresearchinstrume

8、nts,andalldatacollectedfromtheexperimentareanalyzedbySPSS19.0.Theconclusionsareasfollows:theapplicationofPrototypeCategoryTheorytovocabularyteachingcanenrichstudents’vocabularylear