高中英语联想记忆策略探究

论文摘要

在我国英语教学和学生英语综合运用能力虽然取得长足进步的同时,我们不得不看到在新课标出台的前提下,我国的高中生英语词汇量偏低的问题,这严重影响了他们的英语应试和交际能力的进一步提高。本论文将究其原因,探讨联想记忆策略在词汇学习中的应用。笔者认为要提高学生英语综合运用能力,词汇是关键,而词汇学习离不开记忆。从某种程度上说,词汇学习过程就是记忆的过程。本研究以认知心理学和英语词汇学为指导,阐述了记忆的定义、三大特性、记忆的三种类型;指出了记忆与联系的关系、论述了联想记忆的认知依据;回顾了我国在联想记忆策略方面的相关研究。并在此基础上,具体化了基于英语单词的音、形、义的联想记忆策略,旨在突出联想记忆策略在词汇学习过程中的实际应用,以期解决学生词汇记忆的问题。本文假设,联想记忆策略对高中生词汇习得有显着效果。为了验证该假设,在所在学校作者依据前测抽取两个成绩相当的高三班作为实验组和控制组,对实验组进行基于词的音、形、义的英语词汇联想记忆策略教学而在控制组不进行此类方法的教学,然后进行后测,并获得了相关的数据。实验组被试和控制组被试在两次测试中平均分的显着差异表明,联想记忆策略对词汇习得有明显的效果,从而证明,该假设可以成立。通过上述论证,提出这样的结论:建立在认知心理学和词汇学上的联想记忆策略,如果训练得当,将有助学生有效地记忆单词,扩大词汇量,提高他们词汇习得的能力。作者认为,本研究有一定的理论价值与实践意义。

论文目录

• Abstract（Chinese）
• Abstract（English）
• Synopsis（Chinese）
• Synopsis（English）
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Research Orientation
• 1.2 The significance of research
• 1.2.1 The importance of vocabulary in language learning in high school
• 1.2.2 The demands of the syllabus
• 1.2.3 Finding out the practical English learning situation of most senior students
• 1.3 Key research questions
• 1.4 Organization of the thesis
• Chapter Two Theoretical Basis of Vocabulary Memory
• 2.1 Techniques and Strategies of Vocabulary Memory
• 2.1.1 Listing some ways of vocabulary memory
• 2.1.2 Esteeming association memory strategies
• 2.2 Theoretical Foundations for Association Memory Strategies
• 2.2.1 The definition of memory and three kinds of memory
• 2.2.2 The relationship between memory and association
• 2.2.3 The cognitive basis of association memory
• 2.2.4.The rationales of association memory
• 2.3 Specific Association Memory Strategies
• 2.3.1 Sound association
• 2.3.2 Word form association
• 2.3.3 Word meaning association
• Chapter Three A Review of the Relevant Studies on Association Memory Strategies
• 3.1 The study on the effects of association memory
• 3.2 The study on the training effectiveness of association memory strategies
• Chapter Four An Experiment on the Effectiveness of Association Memory Strategies
• 4.1 Objective of the study
• 4.2 Subjects
• 4.3 Procedures
• 4.3.1 Pre-test
• 4.3.2 Instructions
• 4.3.3 Experiment materials
• 4.3.4 Post-test
• 4.4 Results
• 4.5 Analysis and discussion
• 4.5.1 Sensory register
• 4.5.2 Short-term memory
• 4.5.3 Long-term memory
• Chapter Five Conclusions and Recommendation for Further Research
• 5.1 Conclusions
• 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further research
• References
• Appendix Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅱ
• Appendix Ⅲ
• Appendix Ⅳ
• Appendix Ⅴ
• Acknowledgement