游戏在初中英语词汇教学中的应用_英语论文

Application of Games in Junior English Vocabulary Teaching

摘要

McCarthy（1990）认为：“不管学习者第二语言的语法掌握得多好，不管他的发音多么标准，如果缺乏足够的词汇，便不能用第二语言成功地进行交际”。由此看来，词汇是语言的建筑材料，而词汇学习自然也是语言学习的关键。要学好英语，就必须给予词汇教学足够的重视。现如今，新的初中英语新课程标准中对学生词汇的掌握提出了更高的要求，而词汇的掌握对于许多学生来说本就是英语学习的绊脚石，也是造成许多学生对英语学习缺乏动机和不感兴趣局面的原因之一，同时也是广大英语教育者的教学难点所在。所以怎样引导学生高效地掌握好单词，是广大英语教育者提高英语教学质量的突破口，应该给予高度重视。

英语课堂游戏能够帮助学生树立学习英语的自信心，培养其判断力和合作能力，在寓教于乐的情境中提高学生的语言应用能力，是解决学生词汇掌握难题的有效途径。本文致力于英语的游戏教学法在初中英语词汇教学中的具体应用。其中包括对目前初中英语词汇教学现状的简要分析以及游戏相关概念的阐述。核心内容是本文结合初中生的心理和生理特点，选择人教版初中英语2013年审定的课本内容，在学习动机理论的指导下，阐述了把游戏应用在英语课堂词汇教学中的几种具体方法。

关键词：课堂游戏 词汇教学 初中英语

Abstract

McCarthy (1990) argues that: "no matter how good a learner has command of  the grammar of a second language, regardless of his pronunciation as beautiful as the standard, if lacking sufficient vocabulary, the learner  will not be able to communicate successfully in a second language."(56) For  a better command of English, much attention must be paid to the teaching of English vocabulary. Recently, the new English Curriculum Criteria has put  higher requirements on vocabulary  learning and teaching.  Being  the stumbling block for many students , vocabulary learning results in the situation  that  many students lack motivation and interest for English learning. Meanwhile vocabulary teaching is also the most demanding part for many teachers. For many English teachers, in order to improve the quality of English teaching, how  to guide English learners to master vocabulary efficiently  is the point for future breakthrough . So vocabulary teaching should be given high priority.

English classroom games can help Junior English learners  enhance their confidence for English learning, cultivate their ability to judge and to cooperate well and improve their language skills in a relaxed context. Thus using English classroom games is an effective approach to solve the problems in learners’ vocabulary learning. This paper  is focus on the application of  English Games Teaching Method in  junior English vocabulary teaching, including brief analysis of present situation of the English vocabulary teaching in junior high school and game-related concepts in detail. Based on the psychological and physiological characteristics of junior high school students and the content of English textbooks(PEP version,2013) ,the thesis mainly describes several specific ways of using games in vocabulary teaching under the guidance of many  advanced theories like theories of motivation .

Key words: classroom games; vocabulary teaching;  junior high school