简介:Thispaperdiscussesthequestionofhowtoteachword-formationknowledgeeffectively.Toachieveabetterresult,teachersmaynotonlybeinterestedintheform,meaningandfunctionofacertainwordpart,butalsoinsuchaspectsasthedeterminingfactorwhichgovernsthechoiceofvariantformsandthevariouschangesbroughtaboutbytheword-formationprocess.Whenteachingwordparts,teachersareadvisedtopayattentiontotheirusefulnessandproductivenessanddrawtheirlearners’attentiontovariouslinguisticpatterns.Atentativeprocedureissuggestedfortheeffectiveteachingofword-formationknowledge.
简介:Whenyoumentionlexicology,absolutelyitisabranchoflinguistics,inquiringintotheoriginsandmeaningsofwords.ThelexicologistMcCarthy(1990)havegivenushisopinionaboutit.Hesaid,grammarisimportant,anditindeedplaysavitalroleinEnglishstudy,butthatisnotall.Infact,tarfromthis.Fromthiswecansee,vocabularyandthestudyandlearningofvocabularytakeanoutstandingplaceinthestudyoflanguage,itwillimprovehisskillsofusingreferencebooksandraisehisproblem-solvingabilityandefficiencyofindividualstudy.Anditwillmakeyoumuchmorereceptiveandproductiveinlanguageprocessingandlan-guageproduction.KnowledgeofEnglishLexicologycanofferagreathelptotheworkoftheteachersofEnglish.Armedwiththisknowledge,theycanbettercontroltheteachingmaterials,especiallytheconcerningwords.Theycanalsoselectandorganizemate-rialstoteachinamoreeffectiveway.Whatismore,theycanmakeuseofthedifferentsenserelationstogroupvocabulary,inter-pretwordsandexplainmeaningstothestudents;Atlast,theirteachingwillprovebetteriftheyhavetheknowledgeofdictionaries.Inmythesis,Iwilltalkabouthowtodealwithnewwordsinmaterial.
简介:Guidingcollegestudentstoacquireanadequatevocabularyisanimportanttaskthatisoftenneglected.Themorevocabularyhatismastered,thehigherlevelalearnerofEnglishwillhave.ButinChina,thetraditionalmethodofteachingvocabularyislearningbyrote,andlearnersofforeignlanguagesareinclinedtolearnasmuchvocabularyaspossiblethiswayregardlessofwhetherthesevocabularyisusefulornot.Indeed,therearesomedisadvantageousfactorshinderingthestudentsfromexpandingvocabularyrapidlyandefficiently.Wehavetodevelopascientificmethodofteachingvocabularyexploringmethodsofwhichisthekeytothisarticle.