Abstract: This study aims to investigate the influence of the lexical chunking on the current English vocabulary teaching in the junior schools. As we all know, it is always a headache for students to memorize a large amount of words and phrases in English. The author of the paper tries to prove the lexical chunking approach will help students to accumulate vocabulary efficiently. This study is directed to do an experiment on the sixty students in a junior school in Yancheng. After several months, the experimental students gained great progress than the controlled group. Furthermore, the comprehensive English ability of the experimental group improves much more after the lexical chunking learning. It follows that lexical chunking approach will play an important role in vocabulary teaching in the future. 

Key words: lexical chunking; words learning; comprehensive English ability 

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction1  

2. Literature Review .1

  2.1 Definition of Lexical Chunking Approach

2.2 Major Account of the Previous Researches

3. Investigation of Vocabulary Teaching in Junior Schools3

3.1 Subjects of the Study

3.2 Data Collection and Analysis

3.3 Results and Discussion

    3.3.1 Vocabulary Acquisition in Traditional Teaching Method

    3.3.2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Lexical Chunking Approach

4. Appropriate Measures Adopted in Lexical Chunking Approach.5

4.1 Dividing the Lexical Chunks into Four Categories

4.2 Encouraging Students to Find out Chunks during their Preview

  4.2.1 Identifying Target Lexical Chunking

  4.2.2 Exploring Target Lexical Chunking

  4.2.3 Consolidating Target Lexical Chunking

5.Conclusion7

Bibliography.9

Acknowledgements10