基于定义的和基于语料库的英语词汇学习对比研究(2)
Approach.5
2.3 Studies of Applying Corpus to Language Teaching5
3. METHODOLOGY8
3.1 Subjects.8
3.2 Instruments8
3.2.1 Vocabulary Tests9
3.2.2 Questionnaire for Subjects.9
3.3 Experimental Procedures9
3.3.1 Before Experiment.9
3.3.1.1 Target Vocabularies.9
3.3.1.2 Choosing Corpus and Learning How to Use Corpus9
3.3.1.3 Designing Tests and Questionnaire.10
3.3.2 During Experiment.10
3.4 Scoring Papers11
3.5 Data Collection.11
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.15
4.1 Analysis of the Test Results15
4.1.1 Receptive Aspect of Vocabulary Knowledge.15
4.1.2 Productive Aspect of Vocabulary Knowledge.15
4.1.3 Analysis of Test Results in the Aspect of Total Vocabulary Knowledge.16
4.2 Analysis of the Questionnaire.16
4.3 Discussion.17
5. CONCLUSION.18
5.1 Major Findings18
5.2 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Study18
REFERENCES.19
ATTACHMENTS21
Table 1.21
Test One21
Test Two23
Questionnaire for Subjects in Experimental Group24
INTRODUCTION 1.1 Significance of the Present Study With the development of computer and the Internet, it is much easier to get accessible to information for people. At the same time, modern corpora system is playing a more and more important role in language teaching in various countries. In the past years, applying corpora to language teaching, especially English teaching, has attracted increasing attention in the field of Second Language Acquisition, in which vocabulary acquisition has drawn extensive attention. Both foreign and Chinese researchers have carried out a lot of researches and contributed much to this field, but it still remains as a puzzling field in many aspects for researchers, especially in China. Although teaching method is developing in the direction of student-centered approach in many foreign countries, at present, definition-based approach is still the most important way of teaching English vocabulary used by schools in most areas in China. For many Chinese EFL learners who have been trained well in grammatical aspect, their ability of mastering vocabulary, however, is poor, which prevents them to using readable and idiomatic English. Therefore, his situation calls for more studies on the strategies of teaching and learning English vocabulary. Corpus-based approach is an innovation which has been proved effective on learning second language by many foreign linguists. It has been a solution to solve the vocabulary acquisition problem during learning English in some countries. Thus studying corpus-based approach is meaningful in searching for a new way for English vocabulary teaching in China.
1.2 Research Orientation The teaching of English as second language has been changing into the direction of highly student involvement in many foreign countries. Under this circumstance, corpus-based approach is attracting more and more attention, while different researchers hold different views over this approach. The present study is intended to investigate the potentials of applying corpus-based approach to teaching Chinese high school students, who are a central part of English learners in schools in China. The foundation of the study is based on qualitative aspects of linguist Nation in 1990, comparing the effectiveness of definition-based approach and corpus-based approach. However, is it real that corpus-based way is more effective on second language teaching? Does it work when it comes to Chinese learners? To answer this question, the study analyses the effectiveness of two main factors when using the two different ways: the receptive and productive aspect of vocabulary acquisition, to confirm the effectiveness of corpus-based approach. In order to analyse this two aspects, the author designed several vocabulary receptive and productive tests, as well as a questionnaire for the 102 students during and after applying two different approaches. By gathering the data and using descriptive statistical analysis to compare the two different approaches, the author hopes to make the study convincing and bring some inspiration into improving English vocabulary teaching in China.