This document discusses vocabulary learning strategies. It explains that vocabulary is crucial for academic development and involves knowing a word's definition as well as how it fits into the world. The document then outlines Schmitt's taxonomy of five vocabulary learning strategies: determination, social, memory, cognitive, and metacognitive. Each category is defined and examples of techniques are provided, such as analyzing word parts, asking teachers for definitions, using imagery and grouping, repetition through flashcards and notes, using English media over time, and self-testing.

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.