Exploring Effective Ways of Learning English Vocabularies

Abstract

Increasing your vocabularies, mastering vocabularies in efficient ways are particularly crucial link of English learning for learners. This paper first shows us the current situation of students learning English vocabularies: 1) Fault attitudes and vicious circle. 2) The difficulty in mastering both receptive and productive vocabularies. 3) The negative influence of mother tongue on English learning. Based on the serious situation, this paper then puts forward some effective ways of learning English vocabularies for learners: 1) Right attitudes. 2) Overcoming interference of native language thinking. 3) Making good use of word-formation. 4) Learning critically by using association. 5) Persisting in study. The result of application of these ways and strategies is very effective to students’ vocabulary accumulation, which is the crucial part and basis of English learning. So, learning vocabulary effectively will be a great help to English acquisition on the whole in the end.