基于形式和意义的词汇教学有效性研究

Lexical learning is the internalization of the existing words’ knowledge. And vocabulary learning is not onlyabout the study of single word, because there are many lexical phrases and idiomsexisting in the language system, and they are essential components of the language.Therefore it also involves the acquisition of those longer lexical elements.As to vocabulary acquisition, there is not a universally accepted definition,different researchers have different criteria. According to some influential definitions,some common elements are recognized. When a word is acquired, its form can berecognized and its meaning can be understood no matter it appears alone or in context,and it can be used naturally by the learners and applied appropriately to the givensituation.
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2.2 Word’s Form and Meaning
Word’s form and meaning are the two very important aspects of a word. In thissection, the definition of lexical form and lexical meaning are given, and the role theyplay in the lexical acquisition is also given. Form is a term which is often applied to refer to the form of grammar. Thisnarrows form down to a very small field. According to Ellis (1994), form can beapplied to the form of sounds, lexicons, grammar and discourse as well. AsVanPattern et al (2004) pointed out Form was considered as the surface feature of anylanguage or the surface manifestation of an underlying representation, and form wassome kind of lexemes, inflections, and functors.In this study, the researcher combines Ellis’ claim and Van Pattern’s claim together. In this study, Form contains three main aspects, namely the componentletters of words, the morphological features of words and the grammatical features ofwords.
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Chapter 3 Methodology ......27
3.1 Research Questions .........27
3.2 Subjects....27
3.3 Instrument ......28
3.4 Procedure .......29
3.5 Data Collection and Analysis ......32
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion .......35
4.1 Results .....35
4.2 Discussion......42
Chapter 5 Conclusion .........54
5.1 Major Findings of the Study........54
5.2 Pedagogical Implications.......55
5.3 Limitations of the Study ........57
5.4 Suggestions for Further Researches ........59

Chapter 4 Results and Discussion

In this part, the results of the two tests are given and discussed. The two testsare carried out to examine the effects of the lexical acquisition in the experiment,namely the immediate post-test and the delayed post-test. Both of the tests include atranslation test and a multiple-choice test. The discussions on the two researchquestions are also included in this part. The reasons why the Form Groupoutperformed the Meaning Group are clarified and stated clearly.

4.1 Results
In this part, the results of the experiment are given, and the figures are analyzedaccording to the research questions one by one, which provides a statistic basis for thediscussion of the research questions. Two tests are carried out to examine the effectsof the lexical acquisition in the experiment, namely the immediate post-test and thedelayed post-test. Both of the tests include a translation test and a multiple-choice test.The score of each test is collected and added up for every subject. The score of theimmediate post-test is considered as the effect of lexical acquisition and the score ofthe delayed post-test is considered as the effect of lexical retention.

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