Experimental Research On Asssociative Strategy Used By The Students Of Grade One In Junior High School In Their English Vocabulary Learning

As one of the three key elements(vocabulary, phonetics and grammar), vocabulary plays a very important role in the process of language learning and communication. The writer thinks the key factor in vocabulary learning is to grasp and intelligently use vocabulary learning strategies. Therefore, it is very necessary to teach learners some useful and effective vocabulary learning strategies in order to develop their ability of vocabulary learning.Teaching practices indicate that Junior One students have some difficulty in grasping and using vocabulary in their English study. Some students have even lost their confidence in learning English for this reason. As Junior One students have great potentials, they are quite open minded, the experiment of vocabulary associative strategy training has been carried out among them. The experiment has three stages:pre-test, middle training and final-test. In the end, the result is given through data statistics and analysis.There are some findings through this research:firstly, vocabulary associative strategy is scientific and effective for students in Junior One. Secondly, associative strategy can improve Junior One students'ability of English learning and their use of English. Thirdly, it can also be helpful for developing their consciousness of vocabulary learning strategies. Finally, the attitude and interest of students'English learning can be improved as a result of this.There are five parts in this paper. The first part is an introduction to the background of the experiment. The second part is the literature review, which contains an analysis of researches on vocabulary, vocabulary learning and vocabulary associative strategy. The third part is the design of the experiment, including the purpose, the object and the design procedure of the research. The forth part is the statistics, analysis and discussion of the experiment results. The fifth part is the conclusion and enlightenment of the research.