An Empirical Study On The Application Of Blended Teaching Mode To English Vocabulary Teaching In Senior High School

English vocabulary is the basis of English learning and a significant part of English teaching in senior high school.However,in today’s English vocabulary teaching in senior high school,many teachers still use the traditional teaching mode,that is,teachers explain the meanings and usages of the words in detail and then require students to mechanically memorize them,along with inspection methods such as dictation.This leads to the gradual loss of students’ interest in English vocabulary learning,and the cultivation of students’ ability to understand and use words in the context is also ignored.However,it is pointed out in English Curriculum Standards for Senior High Schools(2017 edition)that vocabulary learning is not only about memorizing the sounds,forms and meanings of words.What is more significant is students’ understanding and expressing the information or ideas related to various topics through language activities such as listening,speaking,reading,viewing and writing.Thus teachers are required not only to guide students to memorize vocabulary,but also to cultivate students’ ability to understand and apply vocabulary in certain context.With the rapid development of Internet technology,blended teaching mode has gradually attracted the attention of many researchers.It combines online teaching with offline teaching,which can effectively stimulate learners’ interest in learning and improve teaching efficiency.Therefore,the author tries to apply the blended teaching mode to English vocabulary teaching in senior high school in order to find out how to apply the blended teaching model effectively in vocabulary teaching.The empirical study lasts for 12 weeks,with the subjects being chosen from of Class 4,Grade 1 and Class 5,Grade 1 in Linchuan No.1 Middle School,Fuzhou City,Jiangxi Province.Class 4,consisting of 45 students is the experimental class while Class 5,also being made up of 45 students,is the control class.In the experimental class,the author applies the blended teaching mode to English vocabulary teaching while the traditional vocabulary teaching mode is still adopted in the control class.The data is collected through testing papers,questionnaires and interviews and then is analyzed by using SPSS.This study mainly aims to verify the following two questions:1)What effect will the blended teaching mode have on students’ enthusiasm in learning English vocabulary? And is the effect significant? 2)Is it helpful to enhance students’ ability to understand and apply vocabulary in the context by applying the blended teaching mode to English vocabulary teaching in high school? If so,is the effect significant?The results show that: 1)the use of the blended teaching mode in English vocabulary teaching in high school can improve the students’ enthusiasm in learning English vocabulary,and the effect is significant.Compared with the traditional vocabulary teaching model,the blended teaching model is more innovative,more interesting,and more convenient in practical application,which enhances students’ interest in English vocabulary learning and makes them more confident in their English vocabulary learning in the future.2)During the application of the blended teaching mode in English vocabulary teaching in high school,more attention is paid to the understanding and using of vocabulary in context in offline classes,which may significantly improve students’ vocabulary level,their English scores,especially the scores of cloze test and reading comprehension.In addition,students’ ability to understand and apply vocabulary in context has also been enhanced,and the effect is also significant.To sum up,blended teaching mode has a positive effect on English vocabulary teaching in senior high school.However,this study also has its limitations of short experimental time,limited experimental samples and subjective factors.Finally,the author expounds the implications of this study for English teaching in senior high school and puts forward some suggestions for further research.