Abstract:

Comprehension of English news requires a good command of English news vocabulary that belongs to a category not much mentioned in English textbooks of Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsBut the acquisition of news vocabulary has many characteristics, which calls for not only students’ efforts after class, but also teachers’ instruction in college English classroomsGuided by the theory of incidental vocabulary learning and based on qualitative and quantitative analysis of results from a news vocabulary quiz to students, this article explores ways to facilitate students’ acquisition of shortsyllable news vocabulary in teaching key words and expressions of “College English” textbooks

Key words: comprehension of English news, college English, incidental vocabulary learning, shortsyllable news vocabulary