Abstract

Sight words size is an important part of learning English as a foreign language, especially in early grades. That is, rapid word recognition plays an important and facilitating role in foreign language development, but by and large, most elementary school students in China do not seem to develop good word recognition skills. These students usually start learning English with enthusiasm, which, when times goes by, subsides relatively quickly, mostly because of the intimidating vocabulary size for these beginning learners. Therefore, this thesis is aimed to find the current situation and influence factors of elementary school students’ English word recognition ability. The research tools used include a questionnaire and a word recognition test. After data collection, analysis is conducted and several suggestion are provided to improve elementary school students’ word recognition ability and cultivate their positive attitudes toward English.

Keywords: English word; recognition ability; elementary school students;

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 The Definition of Dialectics-2

2.2 The importance of flunency of English word recognition ability-2

2.3 overseas Research about word recognition-4

3.Research Design-5

3.1 participants-5

3.2 English words recognition Test and Questionnaire investigation-5

3.2.1 English words recognition Test-5

3.2.2 Questionnaire-6

3.3 Research question-6

3.4 Analysis and Discussion-6

3.4.1 English words recognition Test-6

3.4.1.1 reading part-6

3.4.1.2 writing part-7

3.4.2 Questionnaire-8

4.Conclusion-11

4.1The discovery of this research-11

4.2 Suggestion for Future Research-12

References-14

Appendix-15

Test of English word recognition-15

Questionnaire-17