2.1 The current situation of vocabulary teaching in senior high schools
2.2 The problems existing in vocabulary teaching in senior high schools
2.3 The reasons for problems existing in vocabulary teaching
2.3.1 Students’ subjective factors
2.3.2 Teachers’ teaching methods
3.2 The objectives of vocabulary teaching in senior high schools
3.3 The importance of vocabulary teaching
4.1 The definition of Communicative Approach
4.2 Main features of the Communicative Approach
5.1 The communicative principles in vocabulary teaching
5.2 Establishing communicative situation and creating communicative activities to teach vocabulary
5.4 Subjects of the experiment
5.5 Procedures of the experiment
5.5.2.1 The first stage—presentation of new words
5.5.2.2 The second stage—practice
5.5.2.3 The third stage—language use
5.5.2.4The fourth stage–consolidation of vocabulary
6.2 Learning strategies and memorizing skills of vocabulary
6.3 Roles of teachers and students
1. Introduction
Vocabulary is the carrier for people to communicate with each other. McCarthy (1990: 5) said, without enough words one cannot communicate with others, no matter how wonderful his grammar and pronunciation are.