The use of word lists memory, meanings & methods

1. The use of word lists memory, meanings & methods Philip Kerr, May 2012

2. Handout http://vocabularylists.wordpress.com/

3. Learning by heart • Teaching fashions • Learning words & using words • Forgetting • The phonological loop

4. The maths of word learning • How many words are needed? • How many hours are there? • How many words can be learnt in an hour? • How often do we need to encounter new words? • And so?

5. Keeping word lists • What’s on the list? (words, phrases, chunks …) • What other information is helpful? (translation, frequency, parts of speech, example, collocations, pronunciation …) • What form should the list take?

6. Keeping word lists

7. Keeping word lists • really / extremely / quite / mainly / no longer interested in • really / sincerely / very much hope to • fully / definitely intend to • really / quitelook / looking forward to • should / need to plan to … • desperately / really / only / simplywant to • wouldreally / rather / quitelike to

8. Word lists & translation http://translationhandout.wordpress.com/

9. Word lists in class

10. Word cards

11. Word cards • Go through the pack, trying to recall what is on the other side • Place words that are easy to recall at the bottom of the pack; put harder words back in the middle of the pack • Go through the pack once or twice; look at it again in about 30 minutes • Look again later that day, the next day, a few days later, a week later, etc. • Transfer difficult words to a new pack • NB Begin by looking at L2 words first; later begin with the L1 words first • Nation, I.S.P. Teaching Vocabulary (Heinle, 2008)

12. Word cards in class http://efl-resource.com/some-vocabulary-bag-activities/

13. Mind maps

14. Flipped classes

15. Word association activities

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