The Use of Schema Theory in the English Vocabulary Teaching
Vocabulary is one of the three basic elements of a language. However, in many senior high schools, in the actual practice of senior high school English teaching, vocabulary teaching is not fully valued as it should be. Not only are teachers’ teaching methods simple and single, but also students are still given priority to memorize vocabulary by rote. The schema theory combines the known knowledge structure in people's brain with the new knowledge system to complete knowledge input. The purpose of this thesis is to apply schema theory to English vocabulary teaching in senior high school, so that students can learn to connect new concepts with their known knowledge to get familiar with the meaning of words and various uses of words, so as to help students expand their existing vocabulary.
References
- Anderson. Schema-Directed Processes in Language Comprehension. [J]. In A. M. Lesgold.1977, (12):67.
- Bartlett, S. M. Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology. [M]. London: Cambridge University Press, 1932.
- Carrell, P. L. Schema theory and ESL reading pedagogy[M]. TESOL Quarterly, 1983. 17.
- Cook, G. Discourse in language teaching: A Schema for Teacher Education [M]. London: Oxford University Press. 1997. 86.
- Carter, R. Vocabulary and Language Teaching. [M]. New York: Longman Press, 1998.
- Rosch, E. (1973). Natural Categories. Cognitive Psychology [J] Cognitive Psychology .2002.(4), 328–350.
- Yule, G. The Study of Language [M]. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2000.
- Chang Zonglin. Schema and its Function [J] Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, 2002, (5): 29-34.
- Chen Yajie. The Significance of Schema Theory in Improving Language cognition [J]. Journal of Inner Mongolia University, 2003, (35),25-30.
- Liu Zhiqun. Prototype, Schema and English Vocabulary Learning [J]. Journal of Neijiang Normal University, 2006, (5):24-33.
- Li Aiping. The Application of Schema Theory in English Vocabulary Learning[J]. Science and Technology Information (Academic Research), 2007, (31):16-17.
- Wang Wenyu. Concepts, Strategies and Vocabulary memory [J]. Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 1998(1):105-112.
- Zhou Zhiyuan. An Empirical Study on Vocabulary Cognition Ability of Chinese English learners [J]. Foreign Language Audio-Visual Teaching,2012 (1):143.