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Developing Student Vocabulary : Fun Ways to Learn Words

Developing Student Vocabulary : Fun Ways to Learn Words. Katie Bain www.elfellowkbain.wordpress.com k tbain53@gmail.com. Objective. Participants will learn , interact with , and apply new ways of learning and teaching English vocabulary . .

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Developing Student Vocabulary : Fun Ways to Learn Words

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  1. DevelopingStudentVocabulary:FunWaystoLearnWords KatieBain www.elfellowkbain.wordpress.com ktbain53@gmail.com

  2. Objective Participantswilllearn, interactwith, and apply new ways of learning and teachingEnglishvocabulary.

  3. Vocabulary Cartoonshttp://noblemania.blogspot.com/2012/10/favorites-from-vocabulary-cartoon-of_11.html

  4. How do youteachvocabulary?

  5. What are thechallengesforteachingvocabulary?

  6. Challenge 1: The largenumber of words • The number of wordsthatstudentsneedtoknow. • Tofunction in English, studentsneed • 8,000 – 9,000 wordfamiliesforreading! • 5,000 – 7,000 wordfamiliesforspeaking/listening! Example of Word Family: • stimulate • stimulated • stimulates • stimulation • Stimulative (Folse, 2008)

  7. Challenge 2:Depth of KnowledgeNeeded • Studentsmustknow a lotabout a word in ordertounderstanditwell and use itcorrectly. • What is involved in knowing a word? • Form • Meaning • Use (Folse, 2008)

  8. FiveTypes of VocabularyLearning • Single Words • Set Phrases • Variable Phrases • PhrasalVerbs • IdiomaticExpressions (Folse, 2008)

  9. Single Words Single wordsexpressone single concept. room living room bedroom Learnersneedtoknow 2,000 tomaintain a conversation. Learnersneedtoknow 3,000 single wordfamiliestoreadauthentictexts. (Folse, 2008)

  10. Set Phrases Set phrasesconsist of more thanoneword and cannotbechanged at all. Example: “Ontheotherhand” NOT “Ontheotherhands” “Ontheotherfingers” (Folse, 2008)

  11. Variable Phrases In Variable Phrases, most of thephrasestaysthesame, butsomepartsmaychange. Examples: “It has come toourattention.” “It has come tomyattention.” (Folse, 2008)

  12. PhrasalVerbs PhrasalVerb = verb + particle put up takedown come on make up goaway getover (Folse, 2008)

  13. Idioms(IdiomaticExpressions) In anidiom, themeaning of thewholephraseisdifferentthanthemeaning of the individual words Example: “Wholetthecatout of the bag?” means “Whotoldthesecret?” (Folse, 2008)

  14. MultipleMeanings(Polysemy) • Hammer (nounorverb?) • Table • furniture • set of numbers • action of stoppingconversation • description (tablecloth) (Folse, 2008)

  15. Connotation (Folse, 2008)

  16. Part of Speech noun – amazement verb – toamaze adjective – amazing adverb - amazingly (Folse, 2008)

  17. Frequency usual common • “Smith” is a commonlastname. discard throwaway * I’mgoingtodiscard my oldbooks. (Folse, 2008)

  18. Collocation co = together together + location Collocation has to do with a wordorphrasethatnaturallyorfrequentlyoccursnearanotherword in context. • squander….money/resources • commit… murder, suicide, fraud, grandlarceny (Folse, 2008)

  19. So what do we do? • Successfulvocabularyactivitieshelpstudentsto … • Focusonthevocabulary • Experiencethewordsmany times • Developgoodlearningstrategies (Folse, 2008)

  20. Goal 1: FocusontheVocabulary • How do wemakestudents NOTICE words? • writethemontheboard • keep a section of theboardor chart paperforvocabulary • wordwalls • Studentsmarkkeyvocabulary (Folse, 2008)

  21. Goal #2: Experiencethe Word Many Times • Studentshavetosee, hear, and use a wordmultiple times tounderstand and knowitwell. • matching • writing • spelling • naming/identifying • writingit in a sentence (Folse, 2008)

  22. Goal #3: DevelopSuccessfulVocabularyLearningStrategies • Teachers show studentsmanydifferentwaystoacquire and memorizevocabulary. • Studentseventually pick and choosewhatworksbestforthem. (Folse, 2008)

  23. Activities and Ideas • Keep a runninglist of words • VocabularyCards • Ranking VocabularyItems • Scrambledvocabularyenvelopes • Word Sorts (Lexical Sets) • Dialogues • What’smissing • Erase • Smack • Listen and Draw (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  24. #1: Keep a RunningList of Words (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  25. #2: VocabularyCards (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  26. #3: Ranking VocabularyItems (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  27. #4: ScrambledVocabularyEnvelopes (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  28. #5: Word Sorts(Lexical Sets) (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  29. #6: Dialogues (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  30. #7: What’sMissing? (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  31. #8: Erase! (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  32. #9: Smack! (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  33. #10: Listen and Draw (Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)

  34. Sources • Folse, Keith S. "Myths about Teaching and Learning Second Language Vocabulary: What Recent Research Says." TESL Reporter. 37.2 (2004): 1-13. Web. 14 May. 2013. <http://api.ning.com/files/6jocxzFU7kaIe5Zr-7tGPjFfR4UU882*VrN2OvUu3k5McnMv0n1TAtnyYhSkyQ21XFaralZovXUY4qI0hxyOmdLfCywAVFtB/MythsaboutTeachingandLearningSecondLanguageVocabularyFolseKeith.pdf>. • Folse, Keith. "Six vocabulary activities for the English language classroom." English Teaching Forum. 1.3 (2008): n. page. Web. 15 May. 2013. • "Lexical Profiler." Compleat Lexical Tutor: VocabProfile. N.p.. Web. 14 May 2013. <http://www.lextutor.ca/>. • Nan, Yao, and ZuoMingfang. "Using VOA Special English To Improve Advanced English Learners’ Productive Use of High Frequency Words." English Teaching Forum. 1.3 (2009): 26-37. Web. 14 May. 2013. • Ryan, Katie. "Activating Vocabulary: Creating a Way With Words." Shaping the Way We Teach English Webinar Series. U.S. Department of State. Washington, DC. 17 Oct 2012. Lecture. • Schindler, Andrea. "Channelling Children's Enercy Through Vocabulary Activities." English Teaching Forum. 1.2 (2006): 8-12. Web. 14 May. 2013. • Schmitt, Norbert. "Review article Instructed second language vocabulary learning." Language Teaching Research. 12.3 (2008): 329–363. Web. 14 May. 2013. <http://api.ning.com/files/NYB1ymk6ME*n7N5NiQMFl5p5BS0MMK8z-B-8b0SIA9bcKlAHL3R53TTqMlUe7q7l8QF1IGOmSjbZ24cdlQ9vPhiahGW7Qkas/InstructedSecondLanguageVocabularyLearningSchmittNorbert.pdf>. • Schmitt, Norbert. "Six vocabulary Activities for the English Language Classroom." English Teaching Forum. 1.3 (2008): 12-21. Web. 14 May. 2013.

  35. THANK YOU! Katie Bain ktbain53@gmail.com elfellowkbain.wordpress.com

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