Abstract As we all know, vocabulary teaching is an integral part of English teaching. Vocabulary learning not only makes many middle school students feel very difficult, but also it is the biggest obstacle for most students. So it is very important to help students solve the problem. Therefore, English vocabulary teaching is one of the most important tasks of English teaching. The paper analyzes the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and learning in middle school, and points out the reasons which led to this situation. The main reason is short of proper guidance. And another cause is lack of lasting confidence and interest due to humdrum. Then the paper studies an efficient strategy —— elaborative strategy，which, to a great extent, can improve English vocabulary learning and teaching in middle school.59081

Key words: Middle school; English vocabulary teaching; Strategy; Elaborative strategy

我们都知道，词汇教学是英语教学中不可分割的一部分。词汇学习不仅使许多中学生感到吃力，也是其他许多英语学习者的问题所在。所以帮助学生解决这个问题就显得尤为重要。也就是说，英语词汇学习是英语学习中最重要的任务之一。本文对目前中学英语词汇学习境况进行了简要分析，并且指出了导致这一境况的主要的原因，一是缺少正确的指导方法，二是由于词汇学习单调枯燥，学生对于词汇学习不能保持长期的自信心和学习兴趣。继而本文探讨了一种有效的词汇学习策略¬¬——精加工策略，在很大程度上能够促进中学英语词汇的教与学。

毕业论文关键词：中学；英语词汇教学；策略；精加工策略

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. Current Situations of Vocabulary Learning and Causes of Students’ Unsuccessful Vocabulary Learning 2

3.1 Current Situations of Vocabulary Learning 3

3.2 Reasons from Students 3

3.3 Reasons from Teachers 4

4. Elaborative Strategy Used in English Vocabulary Teaching of Middle School 5

4.1 Employing Advanced Organizer Flexibly and Leading in New Concepts by Old Ones 5

4.2 Supplementing Teaching Materials Flexibly 7

4.3 Leading Visual Association Actively 8

5. Conclusion 9

Works Cited...11

1. Introduction 

Nowadays, many issues on vocabulary learning have been studied, such as the importance of some direct vocabulary learning techniques and effectiveness of different vocabulary learning strategies. A wide vocabulary is basic in English learning. Students will definitely have trouble in effective communication without a sufficient vocabulary. Therefore, helping students increase their vocabulary effectively becomes an urgent issue. In recent years, so many measures have been taken in English vocabulary learning or teaching, including word list strategy, semantic field strategy, context strategy and so on. Words list strategy enables scholars to learn a lot quickly and efficiently the word, and many words can be long maintained, is to expand the vocabulary of the most intuitive way. The semantic field theory is first proposed by a German scholar J. Tries, referring to the language, certain words can be formed under the domination of a concept of a semantic field. Semantic field strategy is commonly referred to by a subject classification.（Zhang Weiyou，1998:36） For example, under this concept, cat, dog, horse, tiger and other words form a semantic field. Practice has proved that semantic word games and more strategic and long memory. To remember the meaning,源[自*优尔^`论\文'网·www.youerw.com/  it must be in contact with various occasions that the word usually appears in. All the above strategy has their advantages and disadvantages.（Song Ying，2014） The thesis introduced another practical strategy，elaborative strategy，and focused on the use of it. This paper consists of four parts. In the first part, the paper analyzes the current situation of vocabulary learning and teaching in middle school. The second part the paper focuses on causes of unsuccessful vocabulary learning and teaching. The third part the paper studies a practical English vocabulary teaching strategy. The last part is the conclusion of the thesis.