Title: Significance of etymology teaching for in-depth vocabulary knowledge learning
Abstract: Under the influence of the traditional notions of vocabulary teaching and the research of the vocabulary made by the scholars, most of the English learners in China believe that to know the pronunciation, spelling and one or two major Chinese mean- ings means to master a word and they devote themselves to enlarging the vocabulary size. The concept of vocabulary knowledgeput forward in 1990s shed new light on English vocabulary teaching and learning. Vocabulary knowledge is a set consisting of multi-layers and multi-dimensions, hence the teaching and learning of vocabulary is more than that of pronunciation, spelling and main Chinese meanings. Nation's division about the four dimensions, eight aspects and two abilities of the vocabulary knowledge provides us a reference framework to carry out the in-depth vocabulary knowledge research. In this essay, the author tries to explore an approach to promoting the acquiring of in-depth vocabulary knowledge, that is, etymology teaching.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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