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1   Introduction  

1.1   Background of the Study 
In primary school, English is a big challenge for students who just contact it as a new language.  English  vocabulary  as  the  basis  and  also  a  significant  part  of  English  teaching cannot be ignored. As there are quite a number of words for the beginners to memorize, it may be a great difficulty for them. Lack of necessary vocabulary could further hinder their other parts of English learning, such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. And as time passes,  the  students  might  lose  their  English  learning  passion  and  motivation  gradually. What is worse, some students may develop a strong dislike of English learning. However  in  most  vocabulary  teaching,  teachers  always  choose  traditional  methods, which  include  repeatedly  reading  and  writing  the  words  over  and  over  again  and  using International Phonetic Alphabet.  Although by stimulating the mind repeatedly, the repeating way can make the students memorize the words in a sense, it could bring burden for the young primary school students. Some  of  students  would  write  a  little  pronunciation  memo  which  is  the  Chinese  pinyin  or Chinese  words  pronounced  like  the  English  pronunciation  under  the  words.  For  example, ‘sky’  labeled  as  ‘sigai’.  The  memo  can  badly  influence  the  students  to  read  the  words correctly and their future speaking skills. In addition, the mechanical repeating method has no  advantage  in  long  words  memorization.  Without  connection  between  reading  and spelling of the letters, it is pretty hard for students to memorize the long words. At last, this method  cannot  help  students  to  form  self-study  habit  for  there  is  no  connection  between new words and old words.  
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1.2   Significance of the Study 
Phonics  is  generally  applied  in  children’s  vocabulary  learning  where  English  as  the mother  tongue.  At  present,  in  China,  the  scholars  and  teachers  are  attempting  to  introduce this method to the primary school students.  Nowadays, the English capability is more inclined to the practical ability, especially the communicating  ability.  As  the  basis  of  communication,  reading  and  spelling  play  an important  role  in  the  future  study.  If  the  children  get  wrong  pronunciation,  they  may  not only memorize the words in a wrong way but also have less confidence in communication. As for spelling, it may have great influence on the writing skill. Even if the students want to express their own thinking, the wrong spelling would 本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。