最近收到的邮件中问单词教学问题的较多,其中最集中的是学生单词遗忘的问题。遗忘是人类记忆的重要特性,没有谁的记忆不发生遗忘,所谓“记忆力好”是相对的,外语单词的遗忘不可能完全避免。不过我们也大可不必因此悲观失望。尽管我们无法完全杜绝遗忘现象的发生,但至少已积累了一些被实践证明能有效缓解遗忘的经验、方法,来帮助学生把单词记得更牢、用得更好。上期谈英语教师素养时,涉及过心理学和语言学方面的 Recently received mail in the question of teaching more words, most of which is the problem of student word forgotten. Forgetting is an important feature of human memory, no one does not forget the memory, the so-called “good memory ” is relative, the forgetfulness of foreign words can not be completely avoided. However, we need not necessarily be disappointed with pessimism. Although we can not completely eliminate the occurrence of forgetfulness, at least we have accumulated some experiences and methods that have been proved to be effective in alleviating forgetting to help students remember words and use them better. The last issue of English teacher literacy, involving psychology and linguistics