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    This document discusses teaching vocabulary and provides guidance in 3 key areas: 1. It outlines the different types and amounts of vocabulary a learner needs to know, including core, defining, academic, and multiple meaning words. 2. It explains different approaches to teaching vocabulary, including incidental learning through reading/listening, explicit teaching of selected words, and developing independent strategies. 3. It provides examples of vocabulary activities teachers can use, such as translation, studying words in sets, and using dictionaries, as well as a link to more activity ideas.

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    THE BASICS OF

    TEACHING VOCABULARY
    THINK-PAIR-SHARE

    ◼ Do you remember any language teaching methods focusing on vocabulary


    learning?
    ◼ Think about this sentence, and share your idea:
    “without grammar little can be conveyed, without vocabulary
    nothing can be conveyed.” David Wilkins
    Vocabulary bank of a native speaker

    ◼ By the age of five, a native speaker has acquired 5000 words.


    ◼ An educated native speaker knows around 20,000 words by the age of 20.
    ◼ “a classroom learner would need more than 18 years of classroom exposure
    to supply the same amount of vocabulary input that occurs in just one year in
    natural settings.” (Thornbury, 2002)
    How many words does a learner need to know?

    ◼ Core vocabulary = 2000 words that most native speakers use in daily
    conversation.
    ◼ Defining vocabulary = words and suffixes used in the dictionary’s
    definitions
    ◼ Most frequent words = 2000 words that provide learners with
    familiarity with 90% in most written texts
    ◼ Academic words = 570 word families that account for 90% words of
    academic texts.
    What makes a word difficult?

    1. Pronunciation
    2. Spelling
    3. Length & complexity
    4. Meaning (e.g. multiple meaning words)
    5. ??
    What we mean by “knowing a word”

    Spelling Connotation
    Pronunciation Form Meaning Denotation
    Word class Multiple Meaning

    Use
    Formal context
    Informal context
    Social context
    Celce-Murcia (2001)
    How to teach “vocabulary”?

    1. Incidental vocabulary teaching


    2. Explicit vocabulary teaching
    3. Independent strategy development
    How to teach “vocabulary”?

    1. Incidental vocabulary teaching


    ◼ This means teaching vocabulary from other language skills (e.g. reading &
    listening).
    ◼ The teacher provides a lot of opportunities for reading & listening
    activities to teach new words.
    ◼ Extensive reading and graded books are assigned to the students from
    which they learn new words.
    How to teach “vocabulary”?

    2. Explicit vocabulary teaching


    ◼ This means teaching vocabulary on purpose = carefully choosing specific
    words to teach = intentional vocabulary teaching
    ◼ Start with frequency word lists
    ◼ 2,000 high-frequency words cover 87% of nonacademic texts and 80% of
    academic texts (e.g. West’s (1953) GSL & Nation’s (1990) Vocabulary Level Test)
    How to teach “vocabulary”?

    2. Explicit vocabulary teaching


    ◼ Useful for beginner students with limited vocabulary knowledge
    ◼ Translation of the words can help students remember the words.
    ◼ Study 5-7 new words at a time
    ◼ Use vocabulary activities to help students use the words
    How to teach “vocabulary”?

    3. Independent vocabulary development

    ◼ This means guessing the words from context


    ◼ To do this, students need to know 3,000 most frequent words
    ◼ Useful for higher level students
    ◼ focus on different types of dictionaries and teach how to use them (e.g.
    bilingual & monolingual dictionaries)
    Some vocabulary activities

    Check the web address below to see hundreds of vocabulary activities

    https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/vocabulary-games-and-activities.pdf

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