The Acquisition of English Vocabulary

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1、TheAcquisitionofEnglishVocabularyAbstract:Vocabularyacquisitionisaprocessofmasteringakindoflanguage.Asweallknow,SecondLanguageAcquisitionisdifferentfromone’smothertoughacquisition.Andtherearealsovariousdifferencesbetweenvocabularyacquisitionoffirstlanguageandofhissecondlanguage.Theproblemofhowtode

2、alwithvocabularyinforeignlanguageteachinghasbecomemoreandmoreobvious.SinceChineseisourfirstlanguage,theremustbemanytypicalcharacteristicsofoursecondlanguagevocabularyacquisitioncomparedwiththatoffirstlanguage.ThispaperisgoingtodiscussseveralproblemsexistinginourChineselearnersinsecondlanguagevocab

3、ularylearningandthreeeffectivestrategiesonvocabularylearningforChineselearners.KeyWords:Vocabularyacquisition,Difference,VocabularyLearningStrategies1.IntroductionWhatisvocabulary?Vocabularyisoneofmaindifficultiesofmostsecondlanguagelearners.Thereasonisthatdenotativemeaninghadbeenemphasizedtoomuch

4、intraditionalteaching.Whileotheraspects,suchasconnotativemeaningandwordcollocationhadlongbeenneglectedfordecades.Inspiteofthis,recentyearshaveseenagreaterawarenessofvocabularylearningbyresearchesandteachers.Vocabularyisnolongeravictimofdiscriminationinsecondlanguagelearningresearch,norinlanguagete

5、aching.Afterdecadesofneglect,wordsarenowrecognizedascentraltoanylanguageacquisitiononprocess.Doeslearningawordmeanyouhaverecognizedhowitisformedandgraspeditsbasicmeaning?ThemajoritiesofChinesesecondlanguagelearnershavebeenpuzzledbysuchquestionsformanyyears.Soitisveryimportantforoursecondlanguagele

6、arnerstomaketheconnotativesignificanceofvocabulary.Clearly,knowingthewordisonething,buthowthatknowledgeisacquiredanother.2.TheStatusofProblemsExistedinVocabularyAcquisition2.1MechanicalMemorizationInthenormalacquisitionprocess,moststudentsareinfavorof“mechanicalmemorization”accordingtomyownexperie

7、nceandtheresearchwhichhasbeendone.Thestrategiesofmechanicalmemorizationincludere-reading,re-spellingandreadingwhilewriting.Suchphenomenoniscausednotonlybytheeffectofthetheories0fChinesetraditionallanguagelearning