语料库在高中词汇教学中的实验研究

论文摘要

随着教育改革的不断发展,我国对高中英语教学和学科课程标准也提出了更高的要求。很多英语教师和学科专家正在进行有关新的教学和学习方法及策略的研究,并已取得可喜成绩。然而,我国的英语教学仍然是费时和低效的。尤其是词汇教学,由于长期被忽视,加上缺乏有效的词汇学习方法,导致学生词汇学习方法单一,效率低下。许多教师和学生也错误地认为词汇教学仅仅是学习英语单词,而忽略了有关单词的深层次的内容。我们知道,仅掌握大量的词汇并不意味着已学好英语,而且很多学习者也不能准确有效地运用词汇,这与“在实践中熟练使用英语”的学习初衷相矛盾。因此,对许多英语学习者来说,大量词汇的获得和对词汇的灵活应用是学好外语的重要因素。掌握丰富的词汇是有效学习外语的前提和基础。笔者从事教育教学工作十余年,一直在寻求科学有效的词汇教学方法,力求找到更有效的词汇学习方法。这篇论文从教学实践和相关教育理论的出发,旨在探讨语料库和数据驱动学习理论在高中英语词汇教学应用。以期加强学生学习英语词汇的兴趣,激发其学习动机,提高学生掌握英语词汇的能力。为高中学生扩充词汇量,准确有效地使用英语词汇创造机会和条件。从文献综述研究表明,语料库和数据驱动学习在大学得到了广泛的推广,而中学却很少用到。随着中国社会的向前发展,计算机和多媒体在中学逐渐普及,这为语料库的中学中的使用和数据驱动学习的实施创造了条件。因此,笔者努力将这种新的教学理论和方法运用到高中教学实践中去。基于上述分析,笔者通过一个具体的实验去研究语料库辅助词汇教学的有关问题。该实验包括两次测试,以了解实验对学生的影响。实验表明,科学合理的使用语料库,能有效地扩充学生的词汇量,通过实验也彰显了传统词汇教学的弊病。最后,通过数据分析比较,论文给出了词汇教学学习的建议和主张。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Introduction
• 1. Research background
• 2. Research questions
• 3. Basic rationale
• 4. Research purpose and expected meaning
• 5. Difficulties
• 6. Structure of the thesis
• Chapter One Literature Review
• 1.1 The studies of application of corpus to English vocabulary teaching abroad
• 1.1.1 Former studies of Application of corpus to English teaching and learning
• 1.1.2 The present studies of application of corpus to English vocabulary teaching
• 1.2 The studies of application of corpus to English vocabulary teaching at home
• Chapter Two Theoretical Framework
• 2.1 Vocabulary and vocabulary knowledge
• 2.1.1 Definition of vocabulary
• 2.1.2 Broadness of vocabulary knowledge and depth of vocabulary knowledge
• 2.1.3 The importance of vocabulary leaching in language learning
• 2.2 Application of corpus and vocabulary teaching
• 2.2.1 Definition of corpus
• 2.2.2 Application of corpus to vocabulary teaching and learning
• 2.2.2.1 Deductive approach
• 2.2.2.2 Inductive approach
• 2.3 Data-Driven- Learning Method of corpus
• 2.3.1 The Basic Concepts of Data-Driven Learning
• 2.3.2 Principles of Data-Driven Learning
• 2.4 The formation of a new lexical learning model
• 2.4.1 Changes of students’role
• 2.4.2 Change of teachers’role
• 2.5 Conclusion
• Chapter Three Research Design of Experiment
• 3.1 Objectives
• 3.2 Subjects
• 3.3 Experiment Design
• 3.3.1 Materials
• 3.3.1.1 Corpus
• 3.3.1.2 Software
• 3.3.2 Instruments
• 3.3.2.1 Tests
• 3.3.2.2 Questionnaire to the students
• 3.3.2.3 Interview of teachers
• 3.4 Experimental Procedures
• 3.4.1 Pre- experiment
• 3.4.2 During –experiment
• 3.4.3 Post–experiment
• 3.5 A case of application of corpus to English vocabulary teaching
• 3.6 Data collection
• 3.7 Conclusion
• Chapter Four Results and Discussion of experiment
• 4.1 Analysis of the Results
• 4.1.1 Results and Analysis of the pre-test
• 4.1.2 Results and Analysis of the post-test
• 4.1.3 Comparisons between the pre-test and the post-test
• 4.2 The analysis and discussion of the questionnaire research of the experiment class
• 4.3 Discussion of the result of the interviews
• 4.4 Conclusion
• Chapter Five Implications and Suggestions
• 5.1 Major Findings of the experiment
• 5.2 Pedagogical implications
• 5.2.1 Indications
• 5.2.2 Application
• 5.3 Limitations of the present research
• 5.4 Suggestions for further research
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Appendix I pre-test
• Appendix II post-test
• Appendix III Questionnaire for the Learners
• Appendix IV
• Acknowledgements
• Publications