高职高专学生英语词汇磨蚀的研究的中期报告.docx

高职高专学生英语词汇磨蚀的研究的中期报告

Introduction

ThisreportaimstopresentthefindingsofastudyconductedtoexplorethephenomenonofvocabularyattritionamongChinesevocationalcollegeandpolytechnicstudentsintheirsecondyearofstudy.Thestudyaimedtoexaminetheextentoftheproblem,potentialcauses,andpossiblesolutions.

LiteratureReview

Vocabularylearningandretentionarecrucialelementsoflanguagelearning.However,researchhasshownthatsecondlanguagelearnersoftenexperiencedifficultyinretainingpreviouslylearnedwords.Vocabularyattrition,whichreferstothelossofpreviouslyacquiredvocabularyknowledgeovertime,isacommonprobleminlanguagelearning.

Severalfactorshavebeenidentifiedaspotentialcausesofvocabularyattrition,includingalackofexposuretothetargetlanguage,inadequatepractice,andlackofmotivation.Studieshavedemonstratedthatlearnersoftenlosewordsthattheydonotusefrequently,especiallythosethatarelowfrequencyorabstract.

ResearchMethodology

Thestudyemployedamixed-methodapproach,comprisingasurveyandinterviews.Thesampleofthestudyincluded100participantsfromvocationalcollegesandpolytechnicsinChinawhowereintheirsecondyearofstudy.Theparticipantscompletedavocabularytest,asurveyquestionnaire,andwereinterviewedtoprovidefurtherinformationontheirvocabularyacquisitionandretention.

Results

Thefindingsrevealedthatmostparticipantsexperiencedvocabularyattrition,particularlyinlow-frequencyandabstractwords.Lackofpractice,lackofmotivation,andlimitedexposuretothetargetlanguagewereidentifiedastheprimarycausesoftheproblem.Theresultsalsoshowedthatparticipantswhoengagedinarangeofself-directedlearningactivities,suchasreadingandwatchingEnglish-languagemovies,retainedmorevocabulary.

Conclusion

Theresultsofthisstudyindicatethatvocabularyattritionisacommonproblemamongvocationalcolleg