中国成年英语学习者心理词典的英—汉语义启动效应研究的开题报告.pdf

中国成年英语学习者心理词典的英—汉语义启动效

应研究的开题报告

Title:TheStudyoftheSemanticPrimingEffectofEnglishto

ChineseinthePsychologicalDictionaryofChineseAdultEnglish

Learners

Introduction:

ThepsychologicaldictionaryisanessentialtoolforEnglishlearners.

Itprovideslearnerswithcomprehensivevocabulary,differentdefinitions,

andtheexplanationoftheliteralandfigurativemeaningsofEnglish

words.UnderstandingthepsychologicaldictionaryiscrucialforChinese

adultEnglishlanguagelearnerswhowanttoimprovetheirreading,

writing,andcommunicationskills.Thus,thisstudyaimstoinvestigate

thesemanticprimingeffectofEnglishtoChineseinthepsychological

dictionaryofChineseadultEnglishlearners.

Problemstobeinvestigated:

1.TheroleofpsychologicaldictionaryinChineseadultEnglish

learning.

2.Thelevelofunderstandingofpsychologicaldictionaryamong

ChineseadultEnglishlearners.

3.TheeffectofEnglishtoChinesesemanticpriminginthe

psychologicaldictionary.

Objectives:

1.ToexploretheroleofthepsychologicaldictionaryinChinese

adultEnglishlearning.

2.Toassessthelevelofunderstandingofthepsychological

dictionaryamongChineseadultEnglishlearners.

3.ToinvestigatethesemanticprimingeffectofEnglishtoChinese

inthepsychologicaldictionary.

Methods:

Thestudywilladoptaquantitativeresearchmethodology,andthe

datawillbecollectedbyconductingasurvey.Theparticipantswillbe

ChineseadultEnglishlearnerswhousethepsychologicaldictionary

regularlyintheirEnglishlearningprocess.Thesurveywillconsistof

threesections:demographicinformation,questionsaboutthe

psychologicaldictionary,andasemanticprimingtest.Thetestinvolves

measuringthetimetakentorecognizethetargetword(inChinese)

whenpresentedwithaprimeword(inEnglish).Theprime