class: 92-2, fld

name: yu lei

supervisor: quan hongling

outline

a discussion on a couple of problems

in vocabulary teaching

introduction during the past several decades of years, a practical vocabulary teaching method had been formed on how to meet the requirement of the aim of english teaching in high school. in the recent years, the textbooks of junior high school have been changed, and the focus of them has been shifted. in this new situation, what shall we do? to follow the old or to accept the new methods? mainbody the disadvantages of the old and some new teaching methods the disadvantages of the old method lack of flexibility

from the teaching material and syllabus aspects

from the teacher aspect

employ too much translation approach fail to give students some easy ways to memorize vocabulary the disadvantages of some new methods paying more attention to other aspects paying less attention to vocabulary teaching my way of teaching vocabulary on dealing with pronunciation and spelling on dealing with word’s meaning and function using visual aids of instruction to teach words standing for concrete or visible material using situational or translation approach to teach words with abstract meaning using context-clue to teach students to get the meanings of some words by themselves teaching and encouraging students to use dictionary teaching the function of words through examples on dealing with synonyms, hyponyms, antonyms, homonyms, etc. synonyms hyponyms antonyms homonyms words with the same spelling but different pronunciation words with the same pronunciation but different spelling on dealing with the influence of the mother tongue on helping the students to memorize new words on dealing with repetition of new words using the connections in pronunciation, form, or meaning using substitute

summary

my way of teaching vocabulary accords with the demands of english teaching, and any suggestion that can improve it will be welcomed.