Pre-teaching vocabulary at lower levels

1. Pre-teaching
vocabulary
at lower levels

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Every class, I save
one side of the
whiteboard for a
NEW WORDS
section

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The idea is to pre-teach
vocabulary and phrases
that will be used
throughout the lesson
and students may not
know.

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Example:
Elementary 1
File 2B

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Right at the beginning of
the lesson I’d pre-teach
the following items…

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I’d use a visual contrast to elicit big and
small
I’d elicit accent from the similarity with
spanish.
If necessary, I provide the meaning in
spanish.
From different (which is also very
similar to spanish) I’d elicit same.

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Then I do chorus
repetition and start with
the lesson.

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I leave the items on the
whiteboard for later
reference.

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It’s not a big deal, and
won’t change your
lessons dramatically.

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But I’ve always found it
useful and more efficient
in terms of remembering
new words.

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It also helps reducing
students’ affective filters,
especially at elementary
levels.

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I’ve always done it out of
common sense.

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But according to what
Penny Ur said in the
congress, this is backed
up by research.

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Go figure ;-)

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Hope you find it useful too.

18. Thank you!