Developmental reading 1 lesson 9

1. Lwsson 9: Expanding your
Vocabulary
• Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meaning
(Diamond & GUttohn,2006)
• Vocabulary acquisition is very crucial to academic
development ( Baker et al.,1991)
• Vocabulary knowledge is knowledge; the knowledge of a
word not only implies definition but also how that word
fits into the world ( Stahl,2005).

2. Vocabulary Learning Strategies
• Schmitt’s (1997) developed a taxonomy of
vocabulary learning strategies categorized into
five:
• Determination (DET)
• Social (SOC)
• Memory(MEM)
• Cognitive(COG)
• Metacognitive(MET)

3. Determination (DET)
• Analyze part of speech;
• Analyze affixes and roots;
• Check for L1 cognate;
• Analyze any available pictures
or gestures;
• Guess form textual context

4. Social (SOC)
• Asking teachers for an L1
translation;
• Asking teachers for
paraphrase or synonym of
new word;
• Asking teachers for a
sentence including the new
word

5. Memory(MEM)
• Studying a word with pictorial representation
of its meaning;
• Imaging word’s meaning connecting word to a
personal experience;
• Using peg method;
• Using loci method;
• Grouping words together to study them;
• Learning the words of an idiom together

6. Peg Method

8. ACTIVITY TIME
• I’ll give you 2
minutes to
familiarize
this

10. Cognitive(COG)
• Verbal repetition;
• Written repetition;
• Word lists;
• Flash cards;
• Taking notes

11. Metacognitive(MET)
• Using English
language media;
• Testing oneself with
word tests;
• Using spaced word
practice;
• Continuing to study
word over time.