On Association Memory Strategies in English Vocabulary Learning in Senior High School 英语专业毕业论文.doc

·CONTENTS I. Introduction 1 II.Literature Review 2 III. Association and Memory 3 3.1 The Definition of Memory and Association………………………………….......3 3.2 The Relationship between Association and Memory..............................................5 Ⅳ.The Categories of Association Memory Strategies in English Vocabulary Learning………………………………………………………………………………….6 4.1 Word Meaning Association…….……………………………………………………6 4.1.1 Synonymy Association….…...…………………………………………………6 4.1.2 Antonymy Association………………………………………………………...8 4.1.3 Hyponymy Association……….……………………………………………….. 9 4.2 Word Form Association………………………………………………………………10 4.2.1 Word Building Association……………………………………………………10 4.2.2 Similar Form Association……………………………………………………..11 4.3 Sound Association…………………..………………………………………………... 12 4.4 Network Chart Association…………………………………………………………..12 4.5 Structure and Paragraph Association……………………………………………...13 4.6 About Others Association Memory Strategies……………………………...14 Ⅴ. Conclusion 15 References 16 Acknowledgements 17 On Association Memory Strategies in English Vocabulary Learning in Senior High School I. Introduction Language is the most important communicative tool of all human beings. But the role of vocabulary learning cannot be looked down upon in the whole process of English learning. Students’ abilities in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation will be curbed by the lack of a good command of vocabulary. In the process of English leaning, the main problem lies in words’ memorization. New senior high school English course require student to master about 5000 words. Increasing students’ vocabulary size is one of the most direct and effective ways to improve their other techniques. The increased vocabulary size will help improve students’ reading speed, help them gain more confidence in listening and speaking and so on. Therefore, effective accumulation of words becomes very important in English learning. Senior high school students often faced such problem: E