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1、TheAcquisitionofEnglishVocabularyAbstract:Vocabularyacquisitionisaprocessofmasteringakindoflanguage.Asweallknow,SecondLanguageAcquisitionisdifferentfromone’smothertoughacquisition.Andtherearealsovariousdifferencesbetweenvocabularyacquisitionoffirstlanguageandofhissecondlanguage.Theproblemofhowtode
2、alwithvocabularyinforeignlanguageteachinghasbecomemoreandmoreobvious.SinceChineseisourfirstlanguage,theremustbemanytypicalcharacteristicsofoursecondlanguagevocabularyacquisitioncomparedwiththatoffirstlanguage.ThispaperisgoingtodiscussseveralproblemsexistinginourChineselearnersinsecondlanguagevocab
3、ularylearningandthreeeffectivestrategiesonvocabularylearningforChineselearners.KeyWords:Vocabularyacquisition,Difference,VocabularyLearningStrategies1.IntroductionWhatisvocabulary?Vocabularyisoneofmaindifficultiesofmostsecondlanguagelearners.Thereasonisthatdenotativemeaninghadbeenemphasizedtoomuch
4、intraditionalteaching.Whileotheraspects,suchasconnotativemeaningandwordcollocationhadlongbeenneglectedfordecades.Inspiteofthis,recentyearshaveseenagreaterawarenessofvocabularylearningbyresearchesandteachers.Vocabularyisnolongeravictimofdiscriminationinsecondlanguagelearningresearch,norinlanguagete
5、aching.Afterdecadesofneglect,wordsarenowrecognizedascentraltoanylanguageacquisitiononprocess.Doeslearningawordmeanyouhaverecognizedhowitisformedandgraspeditsbasicmeaning?ThemajoritiesofChinesesecondlanguagelearnershavebeenpuzzledbysuchquestionsformanyyears.Soitisveryimportantforoursecondlanguagele
6、arnerstomaketheconnotativesignificanceofvocabulary.Clearly,knowingthewordisonething,buthowthatknowledgeisacquiredanother.2.TheStatusofProblemsExistedinVocabularyAcquisition2.1MechanicalMemorizationInthenormalacquisitionprocess,moststudentsareinfavorof“mechanicalmemorization”accordingtomyownexperie
7、nceandtheresearchwhichhasbeendone.Thestrategiesofmechanicalmemorizationincludere-reading,re-spellingandreadingwhilewriting.Suchphenomenoniscausednotonlybytheeffectofthetheories0fChinesetraditionallanguagelearning