Abstract

There is no doubt that vocabulary is the foundation of English learning. College time means that your English level should get to a higher point. It requires that students should have a mastery of more words than before. The improvement of reading comprehension and listening skills also requires lots of words to supplant them. There are many ways to learn words. This paper is based on the features of root and affix, It studies the application of root and affix theory in vocabulary teaching and some suggestions that is put forward, and it instructs us to focus on the learning and practical use in vocabulary.

Keywords: college vocabulary teaching; root and affix; the method of memorizing

摘要

词汇是英语学习的基础。大学阶段是英语学习的中高级阶段，对英语词汇学习提出了更高的要求，大学阅读和听力能力的提高也需要掌握大量的英语词汇来夯实基础，传统记忆英语单词的方法已不能满足大学阶段学习的需要。词汇学习有多个层面，多种途径。本文从词根词缀的基本特征入手，研究词根词缀记忆策略在大学英语词汇教学中的应用及提出一些意见。启发大学生应该重视词汇的学习与实践。

关键词：大学词汇教学；词根词缀；词汇记忆法