An experimental study on constructing sense relations in vocabulary teaching

This thesis has focused on the study on teaching vocabulary through constructing sense relations of words. An experimental teaching is carried out to prove the feasibility and effectiveness of a new way of vocabulary teaching-the integrated approach. The higher scores of the experimental class on the immediate tests and the smaller loss of retention on the delayed test appear to indicate that the integrated approach leads to a more solid embedding, better long term retention and active use of the words.