On The Application Of Chunking Approach To English Vocabulary Teaching In Primary Schools

Vocabulary is an important component of language as well as the base of linguistic abilities,Vocabulary study is of critical importance in language learning, therefore scholars,teachers and educators involved in second language learning have pursued researches into vocabulary acquisition from different aspects,and made great contribution to vocabulary learning and teaching.Chunking approach(lexical approach),as a new teaching and learning approach,has drawn many experts and scholars' attention in the past ten years.Its validity in vocabulary acquisition has been testified by some empirical studies in different universities and middles,and fully confirmed by some experts and scholars in English teaching field.However,it is uncertain whether chunking approach is feasible to be applied to English vocabulary teaching in primary schools.Actually,few people have concerned and testified it so far.So the aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that chunking approach can be applied to English teaching in primary schools.In order to test the feasibility and effectiveness of chunking approach,this thesis adopts the literature survey and experimental method.It analyzes the current vocabulary acquisition problems existed in rural primary schools in China.And then by commenting the idea and advantage of chunking approach,it expounds the feasibility of applying it to English vocabulary teaching in primary schools.After that the thesis introduces an experiment conducted in Class Two Grade Three in Longyan Songtao Primary School for 10 weeks,and some correlated data were collected.The significant differences of the means between the pre-test and post-test indicate that the effectiveness of chunking approach is significant and progress percentages of different levels are different.Such theoretical bases as semantic field, neurolinguistics,and psycholinguistics also support the result of the experiment.At last,it is concluded that chunking approach is practicable and its application is meaningful to English teaching in primary schools.Meanwhile,the thesis also puts forward some problems to be solved in the future.