现阶段中学英语词汇教与学的现状调查分析

Analysis of the Present State of English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in Middle School through Research

[Abstract] Grammar，phonetics and vocabulary are the three main elements which make up language. Especially, vocabulary is the most important one. In fact the amount of vocabulary one acquired represents one’s English level. So vocabulary teaching is the supporting point in English teaching. Both English teaching and learning in the intermediate period (middle school) are the key stage. For many years English learners have been laying stress on grammar teaching overlooking the importance of vocabulary teaching. The aim of this survey is by making a thorough research on the techniques for English vocabulary teaching and learning used by teachers and students in middle school, to know about the present state of English vocabulary teaching; to know about the attitude of students toward English study and the methods they used for English vocabulary memorizing; to know about the problems exiting in their English study; to know about the attitude of teachers toward English vocabulary teaching, and put forward several pieces of suggestion for the teachers and the students in English vocabulary teaching and learning.
[Key words] middle school English；vocabulary teaching and learning；strategy

现阶段中学英语词汇教与学的现状调查分析

【摘 要】语音、语法和词汇是构成语言的三大要素，其中词汇又是最重要的因素。词汇量的多少代表了一个人的英语水平高低。因此词汇教学是英语教学的支撑点。而中学是外语教学的关键时期。然而一直以来我们中国的英语学习者只强调英语教学法中的语法教学忽视了词汇教学。本文通过对中学阶段教师在词汇教学和学生在词汇学习方面所采取的一些策略调查，了解中学英语词汇教学的基本情况；中学生对英语学习的态度及学习词汇的方法；中学生在学习英语过程中存在的问题；以及中学英语教师的词汇教学态度。
【关键词】中学英语；词汇教与学；策略

1.  Introduction

Language is made up of three main elements : grammar，phone and vocabulary .While vocabulary is the most important one. Vocabulary is the carrier of phone and grammar and also is the construction material of linguistic building.[1] Just as the great English linguist Wilkins said: “If there is no grammar, people can only express something; but if there is no vocabulary, people can express nothing .”[2] So vocabulary teaching and learning is the basic point in English teaching and learning .
For many years, however, programs that prepared language teachers paid little attention to techniques for helping students learn vocabulary.[3] And there are many problems existing in English vocabulary teaching. So the students find it difficult to learn vocabulary and gradually lose the interest in memorizing vocabulary. This survey is to know about and analyze the recent situation of English vocabulary teaching and learning in middle school and also to provide some practical techniques for the teachers and the students.
2.  The way and the course of this research
2.1 The aim of this research:
（1）To know about the middle school students’ attitude in English study and the method they take in learning English vocabulary. 
（2）To know about the method that teachers take in middle school English vocabulary teaching. 
 (3 )  To provide some practical methods of English vocabulary teaching and learning by this survey.
2.2 The objects of this research: students in Senior 2 Class 3 and Class 6 in NO.3 Middle School in Zhangzhou City; students in senior1Class 2 and Class 4 in NO.2 Middle School in Jianou City; English teachers in these two schools; The number of students and teachers is 400.
2.3 The means of this research:  questionnaire research
3. The questionnaire (Appendix)
4. Analysis on the questionnaire
4.1  In this research there are 65.8% students are interested in English study. They have a certain understanding of English study, but there are still 12% students in this research have a passive attitude in English study. They are not interested in it at all. So this part of students are not so active in vocabulary learning. Another 22.2% students in this research just feel some fresh in English study. This kind of active attitude is like a flash, so once this kind of students can not find fresh in English study, they would lose their interest in English