On the Strategies of Effective Vocabulary Teaching Practice in Senior High School

【Abstract】Vocabulary is the basis of language learning. In senior high school English teaching， the teaching of English vocabulary is the basis of other teaching links， which should be regarded as the focus of teaching. English teachers should face the realistic problem， change ideas， to arouse the students confidence and interest in learning vocabulary， guiding them to master some scientific memory method. In the classroom， using some effective vocabulary teaching strategies are used， such as teaching context， teaching experience and teaching of listening， speaking， reading and writing， to improve students ability of memorizing words. Out of the classroom， choosing suitable reading materials for students to read to consolidate and expand vocabulary.

【Key words】senior high school; Vocabulary; Effective Teaching Practice; Strategies

【作者簡介】杨明东，云南师范大学外国语学院。

1. Introduction

Engaged in the first line of high school English teaching teachers may have such a sigh： how many of the students vocabulary determines their English and English level， student achievement is not ideal because their mastery of vocabulary is not much. And the memory and consolidation of vocabulary appears to be a very simple thing， but for a high school student， want to really grasp and use good corresponding stage of vocabulary， and gradually be able to enrich， is not an easy thing. Most of my students have spent a lot of time but have trouble remembering words， so they gradually lose confidence， lose interest， and even give up learning English. It can be seen that the learning and consolidation of English vocabulary is the biggest obstacle for students to learn English， and how to remove this obstacle is the question that our English teachers focus on thinking and exploring.

2. The importance of vocabulary teaching in English teaching

Language includes three elements of phonetics， vocabulary and grammar. Vocabulary is one of the three elements， which is the basis of language learning. “Without grammar very little can be played， without vocabulary nothing can be played，” said D.A. ilkins， a famous British linguist. The importance of vocabulary in English learning is obvious. Without words， everything is empty. Clearly stipulated in the New Standard Curriculum， middle school English vocabulary teaching task is： in the teaching process， teachers should make sure that the students not only learn rules in the number of words， but also to make the master vocabulary learning vocabulary and fast and efficient memory method. In conclusion， vocabulary teaching is of vital importance in the whole teaching of English.

3. Effective strategies for vocabulary learning and vocabulary teaching

3.1 Raise the importance of vocabulary teaching and stimulate students interest in vocabulary learning

To improve the students vocabulary memory and the effect of consolidation， first of all， teachers should have sufficient awareness of the importance of vocabulary teaching. After fully recognizing the importance of vocabulary teaching， teachers should think of some strategies to stimulate students interest in vocabulary learning.

3.2 To strengthen the students phonetic foundation， master certain word formation method

Accurate pronunciation is the basis of learning and memorizing vocabulary spelling. Through the summarization and experience of some pronunciation rules， it has a great effect on students memory and consolidates vocabulary spelling. Teachers should pay attention to teach students according to the pronunciation rules of memory vocabulary. In addition， understanding the word-formation method of English vocabulary also has a great help to memory. Word-formation is a very important part of English vocabulary learning and memory.

3.3 Instruct students to master a variety of memory strategies and improve the memory effect

3.3.1 Spelling memory

Teachers teach students to spell out words according to the English alphabet and letter rules， and guide them to memorize vocabulary using the rules of spelling.

3.3.2 Associative memory

High school students have a lot of imagination， and teachers should guide them to use imagination and association， and incorporate individual words into a certain linguistic combination， such as radio can think of the radioactive， the other， the radiation， and radium and so on.

3.3.3 Classified memory

Spelling of English words， form and meaning there is certain regularity and systematic， teachers should guide students according to the rules of spelling， word formation rules， the same category， form the same and have similar sound， synonyms， antonyms are classified memory， improve the effect of memory.

4. Teachers use a variety of vocabulary teaching strategies to cross-teach

4.1 Teaching vocabulary from context

Teacher should focus on teaching vocabulary in the context， so that students can learn and master the meaning and meaning of vocabulary in a certain language environment. Inhofe and Hudson （E.H utt & Hudson） summarized in the article “Paragraph to Essay” vocabulary teaching rule， the fundamental principle to learn vocabulary is to enough attention to the concept of context， thus to find out the relationship between form and meaning vocabulary.

4.2 Teaching vocabulary from listening， speaking， reading and writing

The famous linguist， kwai Sichuan， summed up the saying that “the ability of vocabulary to grow and the ability to hear are mutually reinforcing and gradually deepening. Improve your vocabulary by using listening and speaking skills in practice.” So the more words you have， the more powerful you will be in listening， speaking， reading and writing. Vocabulary and English listen， speak， read， writes four aspects the ability are complementary to each other， the accumulation of vocabulary will improve the ability of various aspects ability training will strengthen solidarity and accumulation of vocabulary. Teachers should make good use of the relationship between them from many angles to teach vocabulary， and dont emphasize student in textbooks and consolidate the vocabulary of memory.

5. Conclusion

In short， the accumulation of vocabulary and the improvement of vocabulary will not be achieved overnight， nor can it be achieved by a single method or strategy. Teacher on the one hand， to guide and motivate students according to their own actual conditions of use some scientific methods to remember words spelling， on the other hand， also should pay attention to use effective vocabulary teaching strategies， therefore， strengthen the students of the meaning and memories and consolidated. Teachers should pay attention to the combination of classroom and after-school， and encourage and urge the students to stick to it. Students actively using a variety of scientific methods memory vocabulary， teachers use a variety of effective vocabulary teaching strategies cross teaching; the students vocabulary gets effective accumulation， to realize the maximization of vocabulary accumulation.

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