"Vocabulary is of enormous importance in communication", however, in the context of college English teaching in China, although a lot of time and energy is spent on learning and teaching vocabulary, the situation is far from being satisfactory. A scientific and effective way of vocabulary teaching and learning is strongly desired. This paper explores a comparatively new approach--Task Based Approach (TBA) and its application to teaching English vocabularies in colleges. The emphasis of TBA is on learning by doing, which gets learners to do things or complete tasks by using English.The application of TBA to college English vocabulary teaching (CEVT) in this paper is an attempt that hopes to provide some practical reference value for the reform of college English Teaching (CET).
