As we all know, vocabulary is very important for learning a language well, let alone English. Vocabulary learning is very important for senior high school students. First of all, vocabulary is the building material of language and the most basic knowledge to learn English well. Secondly, strengthening vocabulary teaching is not only the requirement of the original syllabus, but also the clear requirement of the new curriculum standard. From the teaching practice, ignoring vocabulary teaching directly affects the teaching quality and students' test scores. This situation has been highlighted in the college entrance examinations over the years. Whether it is multiple-choice questions, listening questions, cloze, reading questions or writing questions, you must master a lot of vocabulary before you can make choices and judgments. Only by accumulating a large number of words can we use language knowledge, make sentences with conjunctions and write articles with conjunctions. Otherwise, an armchair strategist will get nothing. So, how can we learn English vocabulary well and lay the foundation for learning English? First of all, we should learn the correct attitude, start with every word we usually learn, understand its sound, shape and meaning, remember to take a surprise exam, memorize words, recite phrases and write sentences. Senior high school vocabulary is more and more complicated than junior high school vocabulary, and it is relatively difficult to remember and master. Therefore, we must master certain learning strategies and skills. Vocabulary is the most basic material to form a language, and the communication of human thoughts is also realized through sentences composed of words. Enlarging vocabulary is the premise of improving students' listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities. Therefore, vocabulary teaching is the focus of middle school English teaching and plays an important role in the whole language teaching process. Then, in the teaching process, how can we effectively expand students' vocabulary? The only way is to use scientific teaching methods. At present, more and more students think that since English tests pay more and more attention to reading comprehension and the proportion of objective questions is increasing, there is no need to spend too much time on vocabulary learning, and many teachers also hold this view. In fact, with the increasing proportion of comprehension questions and application questions in test questions, it should be said that the position of vocabulary in foreign language teaching can only become more important, not less important. A correct understanding of this problem is undoubtedly an important task for us to do well in foreign language teaching. Secondly, in view of the problems existing in students' English learning, we should establish learning confidence, eliminate students' fear of too many words, too long and difficult to read and remember, and carry out planned and step-by-step guidance and training. The specific methods are as follows: start from the basics-literacy and spelling literacy are the basis of vocabulary learning and the first level that students face. If a word can't be pronounced, its shape will be difficult to remember and its meaning will be affected. Words with similar forms: metal, metal, medal. New words will hinder learning and dampen enthusiasm and self-confidence. Therefore, teachers should help students in time, starting from mastering correct pronunciation, pronunciation rules and spelling, step by step. Most students come from rural areas, and their pronunciation rules and spelling foundation are generally poor, so they need teachers' great help and patient guidance. Learning vocabulary spelling is also important. Only when students master the correct spelling form and learn to memorize words by using pronunciation rules can they avoid rote memorization and improve their memory efficiency. Second, cultivate good study habits and then broaden your vocabulary. Good study habits are a necessary prerequisite for learning English well, and students should develop good study habits. If the dictionary is used correctly and vocabulary is accumulated consciously, review it in time. Students should always look it up, but don't rely on it blindly. Students should be instructed to use the context as much as possible to find clues to guess words, cultivate the sensitivity of memorizing vocabulary, pay attention to idioms and fixed collocations, and guide students to learn vocabulary in the context. Students can master more vocabulary in less time while mastering phonetic symbols and word formation, and guess problems through affixes and similar words, thus expanding their vocabulary. Teachers can also guide students to learn vocabulary by other methods, such as association, observation, comparison and analysis, so as to make it difficult and easy, thus forming good study habits. Thirdly, applying knowledge is also a way to learn vocabulary? Knowledge lies in application. Mastering a certain vocabulary depends on how to use it. The essence of using vocabulary is to review and update vocabulary, so as to further accumulate vocabulary. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the most basic ways to use words in English. Listening: Listen to sentences, phrases, dialogues, etc. Teachers guide students to understand key words and sentences, so that students can master authentic pronunciation and accumulate language information, laying a foundation for oral English and writing. Say: Guide students to participate in oral training, consolidate and use vocabulary, express ideas and exchange emotions. Reading: Only through extensive reading can we consolidate and expand our vocabulary and cultivate our sense of language. Writing: Only through writing can we fundamentally consolidate vocabulary, express ideas and reach the height of vocabulary development and sublimation. Fourthly, it is particularly important to attach importance to context teaching. As a tool for human beings to exchange ideas, language is constantly developing and improving in practical application. We know that learning a word can't rely on isolated memory. Even if we remember many uses of this word well, we can't fully grasp its meaning in every discourse, because its true meaning can only be reflected in specific situations. If you don't accumulate a lot of text context and input its context from listening, speaking, reading and writing, you can't have a good perception of him, so vocabulary teaching must be combined with text context. However, a good text context needs a lot of vocabulary, and a lot of vocabulary comes from the accumulation of vocabulary. So how should we remember words? V. Methods of memorizing words (1) Phonetic memorization English is a phonetic symbol, and memorizing words according to the relationship between 26 letters and 48 phonemes is the best method. This method requires students to master certain pronunciation rules and read letters or letter combinations corresponding to pronunciation when memorizing words, because remembering the relationship between sound and shape can help them memorize words naturally. The advantage of this method is that sound and shape are used together to prompt each other. When you master the pronunciation rules of 26 letters and some typical letter combinations, you will spell out and remember some new words that conform to the rules. (2) Word formation analysis and mnemonics A large part of words in English are composed of synthesis, derivation and transformation. Mastering some knowledge of word formation can greatly enhance the memory effect and expand the vocabulary. For example, write football by synthesis (foot means "foot", ball means "ball", and together they are football); Another example is the derivation method, which records indirectness with stems and prefixes (in is a negative prefix, and direct means "direct", so "indirect" is derived); By transformation, the change between part of speech and word spelling (lift? Lift it up. Lift it up. (elevator) (3) using comparative memory method This method is to associate and compare a pair, a group or a group of words with similar spelling or relative meaning, so as to remember words according to similarities and differences. For example, you can remember meet and meat； by comparing homophones; Remember height and height; Has positive and negative significance; Record beaches and peaches; Having similar word forms; Use synonyms to remember rejection, rejection, etc. Association is the wing of thinking. If you can use association in your memory, your vocabulary will increase. (4) Forgetting Law Memory Method According to the law that the forgetting speed is fast first and then slow, and the forgetting amount is large first and then small, you must review the vocabulary you remember within 24 hours, and then review it continuously according to the interval of dense and sparse until the knowledge you have learned enters long-term memory. (5) The knowledge of listening, speaking, reading, writing and memorizing will be forgotten even if it has been memorized for a long time. Because memory is used, and vice versa. Therefore, in order to keep the long-term memory of words in use, it is necessary to do more training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. (6) Repeated memorization When teaching new words, students should understand that the process of memorizing and mastering words is a repetitive process, and it is by no means once and for all. We should allow ourselves to forget and make mistakes. At the same time, we should pay attention to the psychological changes of students. When students forget or make mistakes, we should pay attention to protecting their enthusiasm for learning and should not dampen their enthusiasm. We should adopt an encouraging and affirmative attitude to correct their mistakes and eliminate students' anxiety, so that students can master the usage of words while gaining a successful experience, and truly "failure is the mother of success". 6. Changing mechanical memory into understanding memory When teaching new words, teachers should pay attention to giving students the sound, shape and meaning of the words at the same time, so that students can have a comprehensive understanding of the words, and at the same time, establish the connection between the new words and the words they have learned as much as possible, and put the new words with abstract concepts in the phrases or sentences that students are familiar with, so that the new words they have learned can be concretized, so that they will not appear in isolation, but in the familiar context, so that students can have the feeling of reproducing the familiar words and make the context. Especially when discriminating synonyms, the role of context is more prominent, and lengthy Chinese introductions are not as effective as example sentences. When explaining words, try to use English definitions, so that students can understand words accurately, and at the same time enhance their sense of context, and effectively link words with daily life. Creating an atmosphere for learning English has a great influence on students. In classroom teaching, we should create a favorable environment and atmosphere for students to learn English. Teachers should communicate with students in English as much as possible, so that students can feel the beauty of English as a language tool. At the same time, we should actively encourage students to communicate in English and form the habit of communicating in English. In addition, teachers' slogans can be bilingual in Chinese and English, and they can regularly publish English wall newspapers and hold English corner activities to stimulate students' interest in learning languages, so that they can better understand the importance of languages and enhance the reproduction rate of words, thus increasing their vocabulary. In a word, vocabulary teaching is the focus and difficulty of English teaching in senior high schools, but it is the only way to learn. Exploring a practical vocabulary teaching method is of great significance for solving the problems existing in teaching and improving students' vocabulary application ability. w .