A Theoretical Analysis on Teaching Strategies of English Synonyms in High School Abstract The main focus of this paper is to analyze the vocabulary teaching strategies and find some proper teaching strategies for synonyms teaching in high school based on a research about students’ background of learning vocabulary and their existing knowledge of some required synonyms. 42 male and 56 female students of senior one participated in the research. The date was collected and according to the analysis of the data, some factors that may influence the synonyms learning were found. In order to reduce the influence of these factors in synonyms learning, some examples of teaching strategies were given to show the appropriateness of those teaching strategies in synonyms teaching.47712

Keywords: teaching strategy, vocabulary, synonyms

 理论分析高中英语近义词教学策略

摘要这篇论文的主要目的是，分析词汇教学策略，并在一个关于学生词汇学习背景和现有近义词知识水平调查的基础上，找寻一些合适的近义词教学策略。来自高一年级的42个男生和56个女生参与了此项调查。根据对收集起来数据的分析，发现了一些影响近义词学习的因素。为了减少这些因素对近义词学习的影响，这里提出一些应用教学策略的例子，体现这些教学策略在近义词教学中的合理性。

毕业论文关键词：教学策略，词汇，近义词

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Background and Purpose 1

1.2 Research Questions 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 What is teaching strategy? 2

2.1.1 Definition and Significance of Teaching Strategy 2

2.1.2 Category of Teaching Strategy 2

2.2 What is vocabulary teaching? 2

2.2.1 The Concept of Vocabulary 2

2.2.2 Category of Vocabulary Teaching Strategy 2

2.2.3 The Present Situation of Vocabulary Teaching in High School 3

2.3 What is synonym? 4

2.3.1 The Origin and the Definition of Synonym 4

2.3.2 The Category of Synonyms 4

2.3.3 The Significance of Synonyms Learning 4

2.3.4 The Previous Studies on Synonyms Teaching 5

2.4 Summary 5

3. Method 6

3.1 Participants 6

3.2 Instruments 6

3.3 Procedure 6

4. Findings and Discussion 7

4.1 Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Students’ Acquisition of English Synonyms 7

4.1.1 Analysis of Q 1 & Q 2 7

4.1.2 Analysis of Q 3 & Q 4 8

4.1.3 Analysis of Q 6 & Q 7 9

4.2 Analysis of the Open-ended Questions 10

4.2.1 Students’ Difficulties in Vocabulary Learning 10

4.2.2 The Reasons of Memorizing Vocabulary With or Without Interest 10

4.3 Analysis on the Application of Teaching Strategies in Synonyms Teaching