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The use of word lists memory, meanings & methods

Explore effective methods for learning and retaining words through word lists, memory techniques, and teaching fashions. Discover the significance of word association, mind maps, and flipped classes in vocabulary acquisition. Contact for more details.

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The use of word lists memory, meanings & methods

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  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

  16. Contact philipjkerr@gmail.com http://vocabularylists.wordpress.com/

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