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1、A Study of Student-Centered English Vocabulary TeachingI. Introduction A. Vocabulary If language structures make up the skeleton of language, it is vocabulary that provides the vital organs and the flesh. Vocabulary is one of the most important essentials of language, and it is also the basis of lan

2、guage communication. In vocabulary researches, vocabulary refers to not only the single words, but also the “chunks” such as phrases and idioms (1). And in Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese Dictionary, the definition of the vocabulary is a total number of the words that make up a language .It

3、 is the basic meaningful unit in language communication. B. English vocabulary teaching English vocabulary teaching is the primary and essential part of English teaching. This is because we cannot express anything perfect without vocabulary; we cannot carry on the basic language communication such a

4、s listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation if there has no vocabulary. We need to have a store of vocabulary, which we can select from freely when we wish to express our thoughts. For students, mastering a certain number of vocabularies is the key to learning English. As everyone knows,

5、 the greater vocabulary one masters, the stronger skill in applying language he/she will have. But to our Chinese students, the vocabulary learning is a great difficulty in English learning. What is more, many of the students always consider that “vocabulary learning” is to recite the words which ar

6、e appeared in the text. They think that if they can remember all those words, they will finish their vocabulary learning. As a matter of fact, their vocabulary learning still stays in the combination of “pronunciation, spelling and meaning”, and almost all their time and energy are used in these thr

7、ee parts. This will bring failures to them in learning and communication. Thus, the teachers vocabulary teaching becomes especially important.C. Purpose of teaching vocabulary The purpose of teaching vocabulary is to make the students master the vocabulary, use the vocabulary freely and lay the base

8、 for their English learning. In order to achieve this purpose, educators from home and abroad have been researching the approaches of English teaching. No matter what kind of approach they adopt, they must make sure that their teaching is based on the students. Because the student is the body of the

9、 teaching, the teacher just plays a leading role. All teaching activities must focus on the students. II. The student-centered vocabulary teaching A. Some factors which affect the students vocabulary learning There is a fact that the students should take notice. That is, some students are successful

10、 in vocabulary learning while others are not. If we know the reason, the job of teaching vocabulary would be easy. We dont, of course. But we can point out a number of factors which seem to have some effect on the students success in vocabulary learning. Firstly, it is motivation in learning vocabul

11、ary. People involved in English teaching often say that students who really want to learn will succeed. This is their motivation. Motivation refers to the intensity of intention regarding the students learning behavior (2). In other words, motivation stands for how much effort the students are ready

12、 to put into the learning activity. It is some kind of the internal drive that encourages students to study. The internal drive here may be the parents hope, the teachers appreciation or the students eager for study, and so on. Such phenomenon suggests that the motivation the students bring to class

13、 is the biggest factor affecting their success. Secondly, method for learning vocabulary is an extremely important factor. We know that if a teachers method for teaching vocabulary is deadly boring, the students will probably become uninterested in learning. Therefore, teachers must adjust themselve

14、s so as to meet the various situations. Teaching method also has some effect on the students learning motivation. Good method can easily rouse students learning interests。Finally, the factor affect the students vocabulary learning is the teacher himself/herself. Whether the students like the teacher

15、 or not may be a problem. Almost all people in their students time had this kind of feelings. So, this requires the teacher is not only a deliver of the knowledge, but also a good friend of the students. B. The traditional teaching The traditional English vocabulary teaching is a “Duck-stuffing” way

16、. It only needs teachers mouths and pieces of chalk. The students just act as receivers of knowledge. This kind of teaching greatly prevents the students initiative in learning. And this is not what the teaching aims. What the teacher should do is try his/her best to wake up the students initiative

17、and interests in learning. First, a teacher should know his/her role in teaching. He/she is not only the deliver of the knowledge, but also the director, conductor and organizer. He/she must be a facilitator for the students. Then, a teacher should teach according to the students characteristic and

18、nature, change the traditional method. Last, and most important, we know that “teaching” should serve for “learning”. In fact, the effect of English learning depends on the students subjective initiative and participation. We should change “teacher-bodied” into “student-centered”.C. Student-centered

19、 teaching Student-centered teaching takes the students as the body part in class, all the teaching activities must center on the students. This kind of teaching is quite opposite to the traditional teaching. And , the student-centered teaching has a lot of good effects on both teacher and students.

20、1). Student-centered teaching can improve the teachers teaching skills. Maybe someone will think that student-centered teaching will lower the teachers avail, and it cannot smooth the teachers teaching skill. The author thinks that it is no need to be worried about it. Student-centered teaching does

21、nt mean that the teacher is superfluous, or the teacher will give up the control to the teaching. On the contrary, this kind of teaching puts a high demand for the teacher. And the whole class needs the teachers organization and management. At the same time, the teacher will help the students recogn

22、ize and tap the latent of their study power. This is also a challenge for the teacher. They must be proficient in their teaching, and above all, they must design a set of student-centered teaching plans supplying the students with real condition. In student-centered vocabulary teaching, the teacher

23、should adjust the relation between a teacher and students, teach them skill about input and output of the knowledge, forecast the difficulties which the students will meet in learning vocabulary, and so on. All of these need the teachers to plan and manage. During this procedure, the teachers teachi

24、ng skill will get progressed and improved. 2). Student-centered teaching can attract the students attention and rouse the students learning interests. Through this approach, the students being eager to study will be raised, and their motivation will become stronger. Student-centered teaching is so f

25、ar an ideal circumstance in English teaching (3). It can greatly meet the students needs and give free rein to their capabilities. Thus, the vocabulary teaching will be no longer boring. It will lead to an excellent result. And there is also a fact that in four principles of English teaching, the fi

26、rst one is student-centered principle (4). The students ability get a full play in the class, their learning interests will also become strong.3) Student-centered teaching is a challenge to both the teacher and the students. It breaks out the teacher-centered stage, and it does create the students s

27、tudying motivation and open a new space for English teaching. During the whole teaching process, the students play a body role. After all, it is the teacher who builds up the key of student-centered teaching. If a teacher changes his/her teaching idea timely, applying a flexible teaching method, the

28、 students will be benefited a lot in vocabulary learning. But if the teacher overlooks the students body part in teaching, the students will naturally fall into a passive role in class. They will just listen and copy mechanically and receive the knowledge ineffectively. Thus, neither the teacher nor the students will be satisfactory. So, the teacher should pay more attention to the students, arouse their enthusiasm for the study and lead them to a correct and scientific study method。