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图式理论在大学英语词汇教学中的实证研究的中期报告.docx

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图式理论在大学英语词汇教学中的实证研究的中期报告 Introduction Vocabularyacquisitionhasalwaysbeenoneoftheessentialelementsinlanguagelearning,andeffectivevocabularyteachingiscrucialforlanguagelearnerstoimprovetheiroveralllanguageproficiency.Therefore,variousmethodsandapproacheshavebeenproposedtoteachvocabulary,amongwhichtheschematheoryhasattractedsignificantattentionandhasbeenincreasinglyappliedinthefieldoflanguageteaching. Schematheoryarguesthatknowledgeisstoredintheformoforganizedmentalconstructscalledschemas.Theseschemasrepresentaperson'spriorknowledgeandexperienceinaparticulardomain,andtheyserveasaframeworkforinterpretingandunderstandingnewinformation.Accordingtotheschematheory,wordsarebestlearnedwhenlearnersareabletomakeconnectionsbetweennewwordsandtheirexistingschemas. ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheeffectivenessofschematheoryinteachingEnglishvocabularytoChineseuniversitystudents.Theresearchwilladoptaquasi-experimentaldesign,wheretwogroupsofstudentswillreceivedifferenttreatments:theexperimentalgroupwillbetaughtusingtheschematheoryapproach,whilethecontrolgroupwillbetaughtusingthetraditionalapproach.Thestudyhypothesizesthattheschematheoryapproachwillbemoreeffectivethanthetraditionalapproachinenhancingstudents'vocabularyacquisition. Methodology Participants Participantsinthisstudywillbe60studentsfromaChineseuniversity,allofwhomaretakinganintermediate-levelEnglishcourse.Theywillberandomlyassignedtoeitheranexperimentalgrouporacontrolgroup,with30participantsineachgroup. Materials Theexperimentalgroupwillbeprovidedwithmaterialsdesignedaccordingtotheprinciplesofschematheory,whilethecontrolgroupwillbeprovidedwithtraditionalvocabularyteachingmaterials.Theteachingmaterialswillcover20Englishwordscommonlyusedinvariouscontextsandwillincludeactivitiessuchaswordassociation,contextsentences,andusageexamples. Procedure Thestudywillbeconductedoveraperiodoffourweeks,withtwo50-minuteteachingsessionsperweek.Beforethestudy,allparticipantswilltakeavocabularyproficiencytesttoensurethattheirlevelsarebalancedbetwe