对英语专业本科生同义词学习情况的初步研究

论文摘要

作为对英语专业学生(English majors)同义词学习情况的初步研究,本文会引起那些关注词汇教学发展的教师们的兴趣。本文以词汇语义学和学习策略为理论基础对调查结果进行了探讨。并根据社会建构主义理论提出了教学建议。语义是词汇在人脑中的储存形式之一,那么同义关系同样可以在“语义”方面加强学习效果。大量的研究也表明学习策略在外语学习,尤其是词汇学习中发挥着很重要的作用。“学习方法”几乎是整个教育系统全体师生共同关注并重视的学习因素。但在策略的选择上大部分人还是存在认识的误区以及随意性。因此在教学过程中就有必要加强学生在策略选择上的训练,加强其自主学习的能力。调查选取了上海外国语大学英语专业的学生作为对象,以问卷的方式考察其在同义词学习、策略选择以及教学上的大体情况和意见。目的是能够得出对同义词教学有建设性的总结和建议。调查的结果表明学生对同义词的学习还是有一定的体会和认识的,但是对于学习策略的认识并不多,平时也不太注意策略的选择。因此作者建议英语教师应该给学生提供策略上的培训,以期达到最佳的教学效果。之所以选择“社会建构主义”理论来整理调查结果所得出的结论,是因为其重视“以学生为中心”这一点十分符合当前教育的大势所趋。因为教育的最终目的其实是教给学生如何去学习。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 中文摘要
• Introduction
• Chapter One English Synonyms
• 1.1 Definition
• 1.2 Sources of Synonyms
• 1.2.1 Synonyms from Other Languages
• 1.2.1.1 Synonyms from French
• 1.2.1.2 Synonyms from Latin and Greek
• 1.2.2 Synonyms from American English
• 1.2.2.1 Formation of American English
• 1.2.2.2 Different in Form, Identical in Meaning
• 1.3 Classification
• 1.3.1 Complete Synonyms
• 1.3.2 Partial Synonyms
• 1.3.3 Pseudo-Synonyms
• Summary
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Lexical Semantics: the Study of Word-meaning
• 2.1.1 An Overview of Word-meaning
• 2.1.2 Current Approach to the Description of Word-meaning
• 2.2 Studies on Vocabulary Acquisiti
• 2.2.1 Historical Development of Vocabulary Acquisition Theories
• 2.2.2 Vocabulary Leaning Strategies Classified by O’Malley & Chamot
• 2.3 Previous Research Findings on Synonym Learning
• 2.4 A Pedagogic Theory---Social Constructivism
• Summary
• Chapter Three Research and Discussion
• 3.1 Research Questions
• 3.2 Research Design
• 3.3 Participants
• 3.4 Procedures and Results Analysis
• Summary
• Chapter Four Suggestions for Synonymy Teaching
• 4.1 The Methods of Distinguishing Synonyms
• 4.1.1 Dictionary Consultation
• 4.1.2 Comparison and Contrasting of Similarities and Differences between Synonyms
• 4.1.3 Comparing and Contrasting the Selection and Collocation of Synonyms
• 4.1.4 Comparing and Contrasting the Stylistic Meaning of the Synonyms
• 4.1.5 Comparing and Contrasting the Evaluative Meaning of the Synonyms
• 4.2 Classroom Teaching Suggestions
• 4.2.1 With Students as the Center
• 4.2.2 Student-Centered Teaching Strategies
• 4.2.2.1 Learning Strategy Training
• 4.2.2.2 Interactional Input
• 4.2.2.3 Dictionary
• 4.2.3 Necessary and Reasonable Combination of English with Chinese
• 4.2.4 Cultural Incorporation
• 4.3 Principles for Teaching Synonyms
• Summary
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix