English

Abstract

Vocabulary is the basis of English learning. English Curriculum Standards for Compulsory Education (2022 Edition) (hereinafter referred to as New Curriculum Standards, NCS) put forward higher requirements for students' vocabulary learning. However, the traditional vocabulary teaching method is not suitable for developing students' thinking ability, which leads to a considerable number of students, especially rural students, being troubled by vocabulary learning. Through SPSS, it is found that Learners believe that vocabulary learning is very important in their study. Students always remember vocabulary through writing down as well as reciting vocabulary again and again in their real life. Students have a certain understanding of mind maps and recognize that mind maps have a positive role in English vocabulary learning. However, only a small number of students use mind maps to memorize vocabulary in actual learning; even some students have never used mind maps in their English vocabulary learning. In view of the above problems, the author puts forward the following optimized suggestions. First, junior high school English teachers should design diversified mind maps for vocabulary teaching. Secondly, teachers should enhance their own acquisition and practice of mind maps in junior English vocabulary teaching. At last, educational departments and schools should regularly organize teacher training to improve teaching ability by using mind maps in vocabulary teaching.