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A Review on English Vocabulary Acquisition and Teaching Research in Recent 30 Years in China

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Abstract

Vocabulary is an important part of foreign language acquisition and teaching. In this paper, the related researches of English vocabulary teaching and acquisition in the past three decades are reviewed from the following aspects: basic concepts of English vocabulary teaching and learning, research perspective, theory integration, strategy application, teaching tools and problem reflection. The lack of integration with China's teaching environment of the current researches is pointed out to be further studied.

Published in Science Journal of Education (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjedu.20170504.18
Page(s) 174-180
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Keywords

Vocabulary Teaching, Vocabulary Learning, Review

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