English Vocabulary Teaching in Senior High School from the Perspective of the Activity-based Approach

ZhiYin Huang

doi:10.63313/EH.9043

Authors

ZhiYin Huang China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63313/EH.9043

Keywords:

Activity-based Approach, Vocabulary Teaching, Vocabulary Acquisition Ability

Abstract

In English learning, vocabulary is the foundation, and the development of students' vocabulary acquisition ability plays an important role in English teaching. However, the current senior high school English vocabulary teaching is stereotyped in design and superficial in practice, and fails to truly achieve the teaching goal of improving students' vocabulary learning and application ability, which is contrary to the educational concept proposed in the English Curriculum Standards for Ordinary High School (2017 edition 1). The Activity-based Approach advocates that teachers should design comprehensive, related and practical teaching activities, so that students can internalize what they have learned in a series of learning processes integrating language, culture and thinking, enhance their learning and application ability and cultivate high-level thinking. Therefore, this paper explores the principles of vocabulary teaching and the design of vocabulary teaching activities from the perspective of Activity-based Approach.

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