Action Research On Teaching English Vocabulary Through Using Context In High Schools

The essay is an action research report aiming at to introduce an efficient teaching method on high school vocabulary teaching. Based on the research and analysis of various vocabulary teaching methods and their common problems, I proposed and have carried out the Context Teaching Method (also called Word-Sentence-Passage teaching method), which enable high school students to understand the meaning and to master the usage by learning vocabulary through using context. By following cognizing rules, vocabulary learning strategies and theories of context teaching, we can mobilize the initiatives and self-motivation to a larger extend, thereby, promote their learning to level from perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge and finally achieve the effect of vocabulary teaching. Vocabularies are learned through context instead of being isolated. Meanwhile, the method helps develop students'listening, speaking, reading and writing etc. Though it is time-consuming, through accumulation, students'interest will be aroused and students'memory, thoughts, imagination and creativity will be also developed, which can urge them to find the most appropriate way to make preparations for their life-long study. Therefore, based on the vocabulary teaching rules and present situations, Context Teaching Method (also called Word-Sentence-Passage) is worthy studying and carrying out.The essay includes six sections. The first section is Introduction. This part mainly analyses and describes the present vocabulary teaching situations to discover the main problems and to propose the hypothesis, determining the study's topic through preliminary analysis. The second section is Literature review which is related to theory of vocabulary teaching methods and context teaching methods. The former introduces vocabulary, its teaching methods, the main teaching methods at present and the main problems which exist. The latter introduces the definition of context, context teaching and function of context in teaching vocabulary. The third section is Research design, including problems which need to be solved, its purpose, its tools and planned action. This part also introduces its theory proof and procedure. The fourth section is Data analysis. The effect is checked by collecting and analyzing the data of communicating, interviewing and doing surveys. The fifth section is Reflection. It includes the review of research and the summary of significance and problems of research. The last section is Conclusion.