摘要

英语词汇在语言运用中有非常重要的作用。对于把英语作为第二语言或外语的英语学习者来说，词汇往往是英语学习的难点。然而掌握大量词汇对英语的听，说，读，写，有很大的影响，并且是理解和表达思想的重要前提。因此，学好英语首先要克服生词障碍，准确理解词汇意义，提高语言应用能力。然而许多英语学习者词汇量有限，英语的综合能力无从提高。本篇论文主要阐述英语词汇学习，然后提出了几个切实可行的词汇记忆策略，就其包含的内容作了详细的分析，并对一些国外认为高效并且常用的策略在中国使用率低的现象进行分析。

关键词：词汇学习；策略；记忆 

Abstract

English vocabulary is an especially important consideration in the application of language. For learners of English as a second or foreign language, the major difficulty for them is vocabulary learning. The quantity of mastered vocabulary has a great influence on learners' skills of English listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Mastering vocabulary is the precondition of understanding and expressing ideas. Therefore, the author thinks the first thing for mastering English is overcoming the barrier of new words, understanding the meaning of words correctly, improving the language application ability. Since many people can’t improve their comprehensive ability of English with the restriction of vocabulary, how to command a large vocabulary has become the precondition of mastering English. This paper focuses on English vocabulary learning and learning strategies, on the basis of analyzing the effective methods. This paper also puts forward some suggestions for English vocabulary teaching.

Key words: vocabulary; learning strategies; memory

1    Introduction
1.1    The Problems in Second Language Learning

Grammar and vocabulary are usually the biggest problems in the second language learning. Without grammar we don’t know how to express, but without vocabulary we even don’t know what to express. Just as the famous English linguist D.A. Wilkins (1972) states, "Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed” (Wilkins, 1972: 9-10). Thus we know vocabulary is the basic unit in constituting a language, and vocabulary learning is the core of English learning.