Abstract

Vocabulary, as one of the language elements, is very important to English learning, especially for primary school pupil. However, the effectiveness of vocabulary teaching is still unsatisfied in recent years. Many pupils have troubles in memorizing and applying the new words. They are poor at performance in English expression. However, the traditional English vocabulary teaching methods neglect the importance of situation, causing the lack of vitality in classroom teaching, which would seriously weaken students’ learning interests. Many English specialties have been seeking for efficient ways to teach English vocabulary. The significance and feasibility as well as the design of situational teaching mode applied in primary English classroom teaching are illustrated and explored in this thesis.

Keywords: vocabulary teaching; situation design；primary school English; learning strategy
 
摘要

词汇是语言的要素之一。对于英语学习，尤其对于小学英语教学的重要性不言而喻。然而近年来，英语词汇教学的效果并不理想。许多学生在英语学习中还存在单词记忆不牢、用词不当的，以及语言运用能力低下的情况。而传统词汇教学模式往往忽视了单词运用的情境，导致课堂词汇教学缺乏活力，从而严重影响学生学习英语的兴趣。许多专家不断地探究英语词汇教学方法，情景词汇教学法成为其中的有效方法之一。本文论述了在情境教学模式的在小学课堂教学中的重要性和可行性，并探究了情境教学法在小学英语词汇教学中的应用。

关键词：词汇教学；情境创设；小学英语；学习策略