Exploring Vocabulary learning in English Reading Teaching at Compulsory Education Level
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https://doi.org/10.63313/LLCS.9025Keywords:
vocabulary learning, reading teaching, strategies trainingAbstract
This paper focuses on vocabulary learning in reading class at compulsory education level. Given the fundamental role of vocabulary in language learning, the research aims to enhance learning efficiency with practical and theoretical implications for English teaching. This study is mainly based on two theories: the Compensation Hypothesis and the Theory of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition. These theories respectively explain learners use contextual information and existing knowledge to interact with language and incidental learning occurs during reading process. Accordingly, a set of reading-related vocabulary learning strategies are put forward. Firstly, the teacher can combine vocabulary and reading contexts in reading to create content-appropriate contexts in class as well as develop learners’ predicative ability. Secondly, the teacher can guide students to guess meaning in different ways. Lastly, the teacher should facilitate their automatic learning ability for their lifelong learning. In a word, the research discusses the vocabulary learning strategies in reading class. In this way, students would hopefully improve the overall efficiency of English vocabulary learning during reading process.
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