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1、TheEffectofTask-basedReadingonEnglishVocabularyAcquisitionbyMiddleSchoolStudentsChapter1Introduction1.1NecessityoftheResearchJustasWilkins(1972)statesthat“whilewithoutgrammarverylittlecanbeconveyed,withoutvocabularynothingcanbeconveyed”.McCarthy(1990)asserts
2、that“nomatterhowwellthestudentslearnsgrammar,nomatterhowsuccessfullythesoundsofL2aremastered,withoutwordstoexpressawiderrangeofmeanings,communicationinanL2justcannothappeninanymeaningfulway”.Althoughvocabularyisunarguablycentraltolanguageacquisitionanduse,vo
3、cabularyinstructionhasnotbeenapriorityinSLAresearch.VocabularyplaysanimportantroleinEnglishstudyformiddleschoolstudents,butthere’snoconclusivewaytotheeffectivelearningandteachingofL2vocabulary.Someexpertspointoutthattherestillremainsanenormousamountofresearc
4、htobedowninthearea.ItisundeniablethatstudentscanacquirelotsofmothertonguevocabularyduringreadinginL1environment.ButEnglishisaforeignlanguageforChinesemiddleschoolstudents;theyhavelittlechancetouseEnglishvocabularyintheirdailylife.Sothemechanicalmemorizationo
5、fthewordsbecomesatypicalwayofsecondlanguageacquisition.Undertheinfluenceofthetheorythatmostvocabularyshouldbeacquiredinthecontext,manyresearcheshavebeenmadeindifferentlevels,amongwhichtheeffectoftask-basedlanguageteachingonEnglishvocabularyacquisitionarouses
6、widelyconcern.1.2FeasibilityoftheResearchTherelativeneglectofstudiesonvocabularyacquisitioninSLAhasoftenbeencommentedonwithinthefieldsoflanguageteaching.Richardswasoneofthefirstscholarstoalertustothefactthatvocabularyistypicallyneglectedinsecond22languageins
7、truction.Fortunately,sincethemid-1980s,moreresearchesarefocusedonvocabularyinsecondlanguagelearning.Howeversomerelatedresearcheshavealsoshowedthelimitationofvocabularyacquisitionthroughnaturalreading.Forinstances,theresultsofastudymadebyHermanetalshowsthatth
8、eratethatlearnerscanacquirevocabularythroughcontextisaslowas5%.SwanboneandGlopperconsideredthatthechanceforgettingvocabularyinnaturalreadingisonly6%.Inordertomakeupforalltheselimitations,lotsofr
