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Teaching Vocabulary

Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala

Escuela de Idiomas

Teaching Techniques

Licda. María Elena Álvarez

Teaching Vocabulary

Catarina Casimira Us Ordoñez 076-15-11308

Guatemala 09/09/2017

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INTRODUCTION

Vocabulary is the glue that holds stories, ideas, and content toghether.

The words are starting point.

without words, the peoples can't talk about places, peoples or things, and can't make a conversation.

So have a rich vocabulary its the base of a good communicative skills, that it is the base of interaction whit the society.

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Summary

Robert Lado (1955) talked about patterns of difficulty in vocabulary teaching.

Visnja Pavicic (2003) dealt with a way to improve students' abilities to explore, store and usage of vocabulary items.

Vocabulary

Refers to information stored in memory concerning the pronunciation, form, and uses of the words. Also the vocabulary needs se the four skills, they are, listening, reading, writing, and speaking.

One incorrect way to teach vacabulary its the translation because causes confuses in the students.

This are some examples of methodologies to use to teach Language:

Listening Carefully

Caeful listening to the words may be a good option in teaching vocabulary items in a heterogenic classroom.

Pronouncing the Word

Pronouncing the word enables the students to remember it longer and identify it more readily when they hear or see it.

Methods of Grasping the Meaning

The teacher should try to get the meaning to the class without using translation.

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Key Strategies in Teaching Vocabulary

Definitions

Definitions in the target language may be very handy if they are expressed in terms that are better known or more easily guessed than the word that is defined.

Self-defining Context

The context makes the situation clear, and this in turn illuminates the meaning of the new word.

Antonyms

When one member of a pair of opposites is understood, the meaning of the other can be easily comprehended.

Synonyms

A synonym may be used to help the student to understand the different shades of meaning if the synonym is better known than the word being taught.

Dramatization

This method can be practiced at ease.

Examples

• Sing [Sing a song]

• Open [Open a book]

• Close [Close the book]

Pictures and Drawings

Pictures of many types and colours can be used successfully to show the meaning of words and sentence

Realia

Real objects or models of real objects are very effective and meaningful in showing meanings but in handling of real objects, a teacher must be practical and should not be superfluous.

Series, Scales, Systems

The meaning of words such as the months of the year, the days of the week, the parts of the day, seasons of the year, ordinal numbers, cardinal numbers, etc.

Parts of Words

The parts of complex and compound words may be more common than the words themselves.

Reading the Word

Reading words aloud is also very beneficial.

Writing the Word

It will enable the class to write the new word while the auditory memory is fresh, even if the objective is only to read.

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CONCLUSION

Teach vocabulary is important, so teachers have to use variety activities to facilitate the comprhension of the students and neve, never use the translation, because this taste confusion in teh studetns.

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