Author(s)

Chunxia Zhang

Corresponding Author

Chunxia Zhang

Abstract

Vocabulary attrition is a very common phenomenon in foreign language study. This paper studies the vocabulary attrition of Chinese learners through an empirical research. It tries to analyze the Chinese non-English majors’ vocabulary attrition in different stages of their English study, which provides a reasonable explanation to maintain the students’ ability to learn English as well as the university foreign language reform.

Keywords

Mental lexicon, Storage model, Second language, Language attrition