In his book Never Memorize Words, researcher Liu Ying clearly pointed out that in the process of understanding vocabulary, teachers must help students consciously overcome the influence of mother tongue language habits, and at the same time, teachers should let students understand the connotation of English vocabulary effectively with a clear understanding of the specific context.

For example: man, the word means "person", but in practical application, it can refer to the whole mankind, including men and women, old and young, red, yellow, white and black, rich and poor, and all classes; It can also refer to an adult man or a husband as opposed to a "wife"; Sometimes it can also refer to officers and men. Vocabulary teaching has two purposes.

The first purpose is to let students know the polysemy of commonly used words and accurately understand the precise meaning of polysemy words in the context.

The second purpose is to understand the usage of these words and use them correctly to make sentences. Simply put, it is the accurate understanding and accurate use of vocabulary. These can only be achieved by learning and understanding vocabulary in context.

Second, use effective methods to remember words.

Memorizing words has certain rules and methods. Below we will list three ways to remember words, which teachers should use more in teaching.

1, word formation to remember words

Many words in English are composed of prefixes, suffixes and roots. When memorizing, it is easy to remember words by breaking them down into components.

2. Comparative method

Comparing the similarities and differences of sounds, shapes and meanings between words can not only help you remember quickly, but also avoid confusion. Like homophonic: father and father, week and weakness, seeing the sea; Homophonic words: horse and house, quiet and quiet, have a look; Similar in shape but different in sound and meaning: record and [rekd], excuse and [ikskju: z].

3, inductive memory method

The key point of this method is that English teachers should rely on specific vocabulary classification standards, such as the meaning and specific usage of words, to classify different words into specific phrase sets, so that students can form an efficient memory of different words with similar connotations or usages. Such as apples and oranges.