Teaching Vocabulary PDF
Teaching Vocabulary PDF
Teaching Vocabulary PDF
VOCABULARY
Teaching Vocabulary
1. What is VOCABULARY?
2. What needs to be taught in teaching
vocabulary?
3. What are steps in teaching vocabulary?
4. What techniques can be used for PRESENTING
vocabulary?
5. What activities can be used for PRACTICING
vocabulary?
Teaching experience
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1. What is
VOCABULARY?
Word knowledge includes the mastery of the words’:
1. Meaning(a) 6. Register (level of formality)
2. Written form 7. Association (how does it
3. Spoken form relate to other words?)
4. Collocation
8. Frequency (common? rare?
5. Grammatical behavior
old-fashioned?)
Vocabulary is the set of lexical items in a language (also
called lexicon), referring to the total stock of meaningful units
in a language-not only the words and idioms, but also the
parts of words which express meaning, such as the prefixes
and suffixes.
Lexical knowledge is central to communicative
competence and to the acquisition of a second language
(Schmitt, 2000)
Types of
vocabulary
Incidental learning
Described as words being acquired when engaging in an
activity with another purpose than learning vocabulary, such
as reading a book, listening in a native-speaker conversation
or trying to decide together with a peer the order of furniture in
a room
Approaches to vocabulary acquisition
a) Presentation / Explanation
b) Retention / Consolidation
4. Techniques for
PRESENTING vocabulary
a) Presentation / Explanation
Present a new word = introduce its form + explain its
meaning & usage
The teacher should follow the order: LISTENING =>
SPEAKING => READING => WRITING when presenting a
new word.
HEARING the word: in isolation & in a sentence
PRONOUNCING the word: pronounce the word even
if their aim is only listening or reading.
Grasping the meaning
READING the word: see the word in written form
WRITING the word: reproduce the written form
Methods of conveying the meaning of a
new word:
Definition:
The man who is in black
uniform and blows the
whistle in a football match is
a referee.
Visual technique Verbal technique
Example 2: “Collection” is a new word
Context:
Jack has collected a lot of
stamps. He has a fine stamp
collection. His sister has a large
collection of picture books.
Parts of words:
“police-woman” – you know
the words “police” &
“woman”, now guess the
meaning of the word
“policewoman”
Visual technique Verbal technique
Example 4: “Luggage” is a new word
Enumeration:
Making a list:
- Bag
- Suitcase
- Rucksack
- Briefcase …
=> The meaning of “luggage” will
become clear
Visual technique Verbal technique
Example 5: “messy” is a new word
Antonym:
Previously learned: tidy
The opposite of “tidy” is “messy”