Application of Games in Vocabulary Teaching in Primary School Abstract Mastering a certain number of English vocabularies is necessary for primary school students to improve English learning skills. New English Curriculum Standard makes changes in requirements of vocabulary learning for them, which actually bring more challenges to them. Therefore, the traditional techniques to teach English vocabulary can not fit in the students in modern times anymore. It is high time for teachers to explore more effective and scientific teaching methods, among which classroom games are particularly welcomed and extremely prevalent nowadays. However, English teachers come across a variety of problems when applying the games. On the verge of becoming an English teacher in primary school, I believe it worth researching for I will also meet with these problems in the future. Thus, a lot of related researches have been read and the fieldwork has been done. The detailed explanation of them is delivered below. Besides, some suggestions toward the problems are also put up with at the end of the thesis. In the end, I hope that I have done some useful researches about the topic and have made some contribution to both other English teachers and myself in vocabulary teaching in primary school.47889
Keywords: games, vocabulary teaching, primary school
摘要掌握一定数量的英语词汇对提高小学生的学习能力和技巧是必需的。英语新课标对小学生所要掌握的词汇的要求做了一定的修改，这实际上给他们带来了更多的挑战。因此，传统的英语词汇教学方式已经不再适合当今的小学生了。这就到了小学英语教师们探索科学有效的教学方法的时候。在这些教学方法中，游戏的教学方式尤其受到欢迎且已经被广泛地使用。然而，当英语教师们在运用这些游戏时碰到了各种不同的问题。作为一位即将成为小学英语教师的人，我相信这个话题是值得我研究的且必须研究的，因为我自己在将来也必定会遇到这些问题。因此，我已经查阅了很多相关的资料也做过实地调查，具体情况会在本文中展开叙述。除此之外，在文章的最后我还提出了针对这些问题的建议。最后，我希望我做的这次研究是有实用之处的，且为其他英语教师和我自己多少带来一些在词汇教学上的帮助。
毕业论文关键词：游戏，词汇教学，小学
Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1 The Necessity and Significance of the Research 1
1.2 The Structure of the Thesis 2
2. Literature Review 4
2.1 Theoretical Basis 4
2.1.1 Motivation Theory 4
2.1.1.1 Classification and characteristics of Motivation 4
2.1.1.2 Relation between Motivation Theory and Language Learning 5
2.1.2 Cooperative Learning 5
2.1.2.1 Definition and Characteristics of Cooperative Learning 5
2.1.2.2 Applying Cooperative Learning to Vocabulary Teaching 6
2.1.3 Psychological Characteristics of Primary School Students 6
2.1.3.1 Perception, Attention and Memory of Primary School Students 6
2.1.3.2 Imagination and Thinking of Primary School Students 7
2.1.3.3 Affect of Primary School Students 7
2.1.3.4 Willpower of Primary School Students 有喜在小学英语词汇教学中的运用:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_50171.html