Abstract Vocabulary is one of the three language elements. The size of vocabulary directly influences the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Therefore, the accumulation of vocabulary is of vital importance for student’s English study. Today, many junior middle school students in China come across various problems while learning vocabulary, which result in the low efficiency of vocabulary learning. This thesis discusses the current situation of vocabulary teaching by analyzing some typical problems of vocabulary learning. Focused on the importance of students’ motivation and interest as well as the basic vocabulary knowledge and principles in the course of vocabulary learning, it also offers some effective suggestions, among which the most practical two are context-based approach and lexical approach.53561

Key words:  vocabulary learning; junior middle school; problems; suggestions

摘要词汇是语言的三要素之一，词汇量的大小直接影响到听说读写四项语言技能的发展。词汇的积累在英语学习中至关重要。但现阶段，许多初中学生在学习词汇时遇到各种各样的困难，导致他们词汇学习效率低下。本文讨论了初中学生词汇学习的现状，分析了学生在词汇学习上遇到的典型问题。本文强调了学生在词汇学习方面的兴趣与积极性以及词汇的基本知识与规律的重要作用，提出了一些提高初中学生词汇学习效率的有效建议，着重介绍了语境法和词块法这两种实践性较强的词汇学习方法。

毕业论文关键词：词汇学习；初中；问题；建议

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Analysis of Existing Problems in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning 3

3.1 The current situation of vocabulary teaching and learning in junior middle school 3

3.2 Analysis of existing problems in vocabulary teaching in junior middle school 4

3.3 Analysis of existing problems in vocabulary learning in junior middle school 5

4. Suggestions for Improving Efficiency of Vocabulary Learning 6

4.1 Arousing students’ motivation and interest 7

4.2 Learning words with basic vocabulary knowledge and principles 8

4.3 Context-based approach 9

4.4 Lexical approach 11

4.5 Other suggestions 12

5. Conclusion 13

Works Cited 14

1. Introduction 

Vocabulary learning plays a critical role in English study. The majority of Chinese students begin their systematic English study in the stage of junior middle school. Thus, vocabulary learning is of great significance in junior middle school. 

According to the National English Curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education in 2011, in the stage of basic education, the general objective of English curriculum is to cultivate the learners' comprehensive language application ability, which is derived from students’ language skills，language knowledge，affect and attitude，learning strategy, and cultural awareness. The first two are the foundation of the comprehensive linguistic application, while vocabulary is an important component of language knowledge, so vocabulary learning is very important in the development of comprehensive language application ability. A student’s vocabulary directly influences his comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In a word, the improvement of the four skills is closely related to the increasing of a student’s vocabulary. The National English Curriculum also points out that the requirement for students on vocabulary becomes higher and stricter in the aspects of both quality and quantity. On the one hand, junior middle school students are required to grasp 1500 to 1600 words and 200 to 300 phrases; on the other hand, they need to learn how to use words and phrases correctly. Therefore, the task of vocabulary learning and teaching becomes more difficult for both students and teachers.