A Study Of Difficulties In English Synonyms Learning And Countermeasures For Senior High School Students

The openness and inclusiveness of English language greatly enrich English vocabulary,and also vocabulary is the basis of language learning.There are a number of synonyms which account for about 60% of total English vocabulary.Understanding and distinguishing the nuances of synonyms have become difficulties in English learning.This is especially true of senior high school students who are under great pressure to pursue their studies.Only by fully understanding and skillfully learning English synonyms can make students further to improve their ability which utilize English language comprehensively and effectively.Thus in this way,students can meet the requirements of comprehensive instruction of key competences of English.Although quite a few scholars have studied the situation and strategies of college English synonymous learning,and they have made some achievements in recent years.But the majorities of their study participants are college students,and rarely involve senior high school students.Based on this,this thesis will study the reasons which result in English synonyms learning difficulties for senior high school students.And at the same time the author hopes to provide some constructive suggestions on English synonyms learning and teaching.Through qualitative and quantitative study,114 students and 4 English teachers from a high school in Yantai are selected as the research participants.All 114 students are chosen to do the English synonyms test paper and questionnaire,and at the same time an interview is conducted with four English teachers.Under the guidance of schema theory and second language vocabulary acquisition,this paper will conduct a study on difficulties of English synonyms learning for senior high school students and its countermeasures.The main research questions are as follows:(1)What are the problems in the process of English synonyms learning for senior high school students?(2)What are the factors that affect English synonyms acquisition for senior high school students?(3)What are the countermeasures of synonyms learning difficulties for senior high school students?The causes of difficulties about English synonyms learning for students are further revealed according to the analysis of questionnaires,English synonyms test papers and teachers’ interview.First,the inner differences of English synonyms are intrinsic factors which influence synonymous learning for senior high school students.Secondly,students lack effective learning strategies when they acquire synonyms and they are influenced by negative transfer of Chinese thinking.Thirdly,English teachers lack comprehensive synonyms teaching in classroom.Last but not least,there are shortage of effective synonyms learning and teaching aids.Therefore,based on the reasons of English synonyms learning difficulties for high school students,this paper puts forward to some suggestions that should be poured attention into English synonyms learning and teaching.From the perspective of students,high school students should use contextual and cultural strategies actively,and reflect in the process of synonyms learning timely.From the teacher’s point of view,English teachers should explain synonyms comprehensively.At the same time,teachers should use a variety of teaching strategies and methods to create a good learning environment for students,and teachers should guide students to use some learning strategies actively during learning synonyms.From the perspective of synonyms learning resources,the synonymous learning resources should be expanded and the corpus should be used as an auxiliary tool for students.The author holds that it is very meaningful to study the causes of English synonyms learning difficulties for senior high school students.Thus,the study can provide some effective suggestions for teachers and students to improve the efficiency of English synonyms teaching and learning,and promote the overall development of senior high school students.