英语词汇教与学

导读

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

Should Vocabulary Be Taught?

Approaches to Vocabulary Learning

Points to Consider in Vocabulary Learning

Chapter 2 The Goals of Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Size

How Many Words Does a Second Language Learner Need?

How Do We Choose What Vocabulary to Teach?

Setting Goals for Your Learners

Application

Chapter 3 What Is Involved in Learning a Word?

What Is a Word?

What Is Involved in Knowing a Word?

What Features Make Learning a Word Difficult?

Application

Chapter 4 Communicating Meaning

The Teaching of Meaning

Definitions

Communicating Meaning and Remembering the Meaning

Investigating Learning

Application

Chapter 5 Assessing Vocabulary Size

Measuring Total Vocabulary Size

Measuring Knowledge of a Particular Group of Words

Application

Chapter 6 Vocabulary and Listening

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Understand Spoken English?

How Can You Test the Size of a Learners Listening Vocabulary?

What Should You Do When Your Learners

Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Understand Spoken English?

Application

Chapter 7 Vocabulary and Speaking

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Speak English?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Speak?

Application

Chapter 8 Vocabulary and Reading

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Read English?

How Do You Test a Learners Reading Vocabulary?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Read Their Set Texts?

What Should You Do When There Are Some Unknown Words in a Text?

What Should You Do When There Are Unknown Words in an English for Special Purposes Text?

Application

Chapter 9 Vocabulary and Writing

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Write English?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Write?

Application

Chapter 10 Learner Strategies

Guessing Words in Context

Using Mnemonic Techniques

Using Prefixes， Roots， and Suffixes

Application

Chapter 11 Simplification of Reading Material

Why Simplify?

How to Simplify

Application

Chapter 12 Directions in Vocabulary Studies

Vocabulary Learning Goals

Organizing Vocabulary Learning

Vocabulary and Reading

Quality of Vocabulary Knowledge

Bibliography

Appendix 1 Words from the General Service List Which Are Not Likey to By Well-Known

Appendix 2 A University Word List

Appendix 3 A Passage with Words of Various Frequency Levels Omitted

Appendix 4 Words in Context

Appendix 5 To Examine the Vocabulary of a Textbook

Appendix 6 Conjunction Relationships

Appendix 7 Vocabulary Puzzles

Appendix 8 A Vocabulary Levels Test

Index

《英语词汇教与学》的阅读对象是将英语作为第二语言或外语的英语教师。《英语词汇教与学》的主旨是把英语词汇的教学系统化、理论化，为英语词汇的教学提供理论依据和实践指导。《英语词汇教与学》的指导思想是：作者相信对词汇发展系统化和理论化的研究可以最终促进词汇的教学。书中参照和选用了过去一百年间语言教师和研究者所取得的理论研究成果、进行的实验探索和课堂教学实践。
　　对于我国目前的英语教学实际来说，该书的出版是非常有意义的。词汇学习的重要性不言而喻，它贯穿了整个语言学习的过程。一定的词汇量是顺利进行听、说、读、写、译等语言交流的基础。目前，以大学英语教学为例，绝大部分词汇教学被包含在各门基础英语课的教学过程当中。例如，在阅读课、听力课或口语课上对生词的解释。其内容大多为使用生词表对该词的音、形、义等方面进行讲解。教学过程中普遍存在的问题有：一方面，许多教师缺乏对于词汇教学理论和相关的科学测试方式的了解以及对学生学习策略的研究，从而不能科学地帮助学生更有效地学习。另一方面，学生为了过级考试而片面追求纯粹的词汇量的增长，错误地认为只要词汇达到了具体的数量要求，英语水平就会提高，考试成绩也会相应地提高。他们缺少对于词汇划分知识的了解，不知道对于出现频率不同的词需要不同的学习策略，其后果就是时间花费多而学习成效小。同时，学生们片面地认为词汇的学习只是记住单词的中文意思，而不了解词义学习所包含的丰富内容。
　　《英语词汇教与学》针对英语词汇教学过程中遇到的具有普遍性的问题，在理论分析的基础上通过具体的举例说明，一一做出解答。《英语词汇教与学》虽然理论性强，但语言清晰易懂，并附有内容丰富的实际操作指导，让英语教师在学习理论时并不觉得枯燥。