Basics Of Teaching Vocabulary

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Basics of Teaching Vocabulary Erin Lowry, Senior English Language Fellow, June 2009

Overview <ul><li>Teaching new vocabulary and grammar in context </li></ul><ul><li>Eliciting techniques </li></ul><ul><li>C...

What is Scaffolding? <ul><li>Giving contextual supports for meaning through the use of: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>simplified l...

Effective Scaffolding for Language Learners <ul><li>Simplifying the language </li></ul><ul><ul><li>By shortening selection...

Teaching Vocabulary

What is vocabulary? <ul><li>Vocabulary refers to words or multiword units (like idioms and phrasal verbs) that have a com...

5 Types of Vocabulary <ul><li>Single words </li></ul><ul><li>Set phrases </li></ul><ul><li>Variable phrases </li></ul><ul>...

Other Aspects of Vocabulary <ul><li>Polysemy </li></ul><ul><li>Connotation and usage </li></ul><ul><li>Part of speech </li...

Important Goals <ul><li>Focus on the vocabulary </li></ul><ul><li>Multiple retrievals </li></ul><ul><li>Develop successful...

Principles of Teaching Vocabulary <ul><li>Keep teaching simple and clear. No complicated explanations. </li></ul><ul><li>R...

4 principles for teaching and learning vocabulary <ul><li>Recycling </li></ul><ul><ul><li>New vocabulary must be regularly...

Some Techniques for Teaching New Words <ul><li>Say the word clearly and write it on the board </li></ul><ul><li>Get the ...

Showing Meaning Visually watch window elbow How could you most easily show the meanings of these words?

Showing Meaning Visually tree tractor cow How could you most easily show the meanings of these words?

Showing Meaning Visually sneeze dig jump How could you most easily show the meanings of these words?

Using a New Word The teacher has just presented the word market . Now she is asking questions using the new word. What ...

Meaning-focused Input <ul><li>Learning from listening and reading </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Learning vocabulary this way isn’t...

Meaning-focus Output <ul><li>Learning through speaking and writing </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Learners’ attention is on commu...

Vocabulary Strategies <ul><li>3 effective ways for students to learn vocabulary: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Guessing unknown wo...

Where is it?        Where is the circle? It’s ______ the square.   Where is the  ? It’s ______ the  and ...

Eliciting

What is eliciting? <ul><li>Getting information from people as opposed to giving it to them </li></ul>

Why elicit? <ul><li>Focuses students’ attention and makes them think </li></ul><ul><li>Can be used to present new language...

Getting Students to Guess <ul><li>Telling vs. eliciting new vocabulary </li></ul><ul><li>Important part of language learni...

Eliciting from Pictures <ul><li>Often best to ask fairly general questions that allow a variety of response </li></ul><ul>...

Creating Interaction

Resources <ul><li>Brown, H.D. (2000). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. (2 nd Ed.)....

Resources for Images <ul><li>Time Magazine </li></ul><ul><ul><li>www.timemagazine.com </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Newsweek </li...

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