Abstract: ESP (English for Specific Purposes) has become more and more important due to its practicality and specialty, and many college English teachers have started to seek a new way for ESP teaching. However, the biggest obstacle for people to learn ESP is vocabulary. Therefore it is vital for teachers to help their students choose an effective vocabulary learning mode. This paper, based on the Depths of Processing Theory and the Lexical Chunk Approach, will analyze the features of the ESP vocabulary for non-English majors in the college and illustrate the ways of training students’ vocabulary learning strategies in this regard. Besides, some suggestions for the integration of the vocabulary teaching theory with the practice of teaching ESP vocabulary are proposed accordingly. It is concluded that ESP vocabulary teaching plays an important role in ESP teaching and that to effectively train students’ vocabulary learning strategies is more important than to simply teach students the new words appearing in the text.

Key words: ESP; vocabulary learning strategies; Depths of Processing Theory；Lexical Chunk Approach 

CONTENTS

摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction1

2. Characteristics of ESP Vocabulary.2

3. Vocabulary Learning Strategies.3

3.1 Depths of Processing Theory

3.1.1 Semantic Field Theory 

3.1.2 Context Strategy

3.1.3 Word-formation Strategy

3.1.4 Association Strategy

3.2 Lexical Chunk Approach 

4. Conclusion10

Bibliography.11

Acknowledgements..13