Author(s)

Xinglong Wang ¹, Yueqi Zhang ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing
² College of International Studies, Southwest University, Chongqing

Corresponding Author

Xinglong Wang

ABSTRACT

The English Language is mainly composed of vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, and among them, vocabulary is the most crucial component. At college, enlarging students' English vocabulary is all the way an important and tough job for English teachers. A large vocabulary positively promotes students' ability in English acquisition. Teachers need find out an effective approach as a solution to students' disabilities in vocabulary learning so as to efficiently expand the quantity and raise the quality, of their vocabulary. Multiple researchers believe that it is necessary to explore the inner relationship between cognition and language learning from the perspective of category theory, and apply the theory of cognitive linguistics to vocabulary teaching and learning. This paper attempts from the viewpoint of category theory to help English teachers to improve students' cognition of English vocabulary at college. It aims at accumulating experience from category theory, arousing students’ interest as well as improving English vocabulary teaching.

KEYWORDS

Vocabulary teaching, Category theory, Cognitive linguistics

CITE THIS PAPER

Xinglong Wang, Yueqi Zhang, A Study on College English Vocabulary Teaching from the Perspective of Category Theory. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2021) Vol. 5: 39-47. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2021.51107.

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