Vocabulary DevelopmentAnhui - Young Learners

Conference

Dr. Caroline LinseQueen’s University,

Belfast

Workshop Aims:To become familiar with principles of vocabulary teaching. To become familiar with interactive activities that engage and involve learners.

Vocabulary Teaching

We will make yes and no cards.Fold your paper in half.Tear it in half. Write yes on one card on the front and on the back.

Hold up the yes card.

Pick up the other card. Write no on the front and on the back.

I will ask you questions about vocabulary teaching. Hold up the correct answer.

Is a vocabulary a collection of words that a student knows?Hold up the correct card.

Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary is the collection of words that an individual knows.

Should you teach students words directly and indirectly?

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Emphasize both direct and indirect teaching.

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For example if you are going to do a lesson on foods you may want to introduce the word taste.

Pre- teach vocabulary words before a new activity.

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Present multiple exposures to new vocabulary items. Help students come into contact with the words in different ways.

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Give opportunities for deep processing of vocabulary items.

Deep processing refers to working with information at a high cognitive and/or personal level. In other words thinking about the words.

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Teach how to use context clues appropriately.

For example, The grandmother found some cherries, persimmons, apples and pears on the table.

She found a dove next to the apples.

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Word of the DayUse the word in a sentence and get an extra point on a quiz.

Use the word of the day instead of here when attendance is called.

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Fold your paper into 24 spaces. Select 24 of the following words.

Write these words in the spaces. cat lion house talk write run shoe pretty walk flower school learn sad happy eat big shirt carry chair fly sun hot dog pencil

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Now tear apart the words. Put the words into four or five categories or groups. Put the words into different groups. Nouns VerbsAdjectives Tell your partner the answers.

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Nouns- cat, lion, house, shoe, flower, school, shirt, dog, pencil, chairVerbs- fly, carry, learn, talk, write. Adjectives, pretty, sad, happy, big,

Now put the nouns in order from smallest to largest

cat, lion, house, shoe, flower, school, shirt, dog, pencil, chair

Pencil, flower, shoe, shirt, cat, dog, chair, lion, house, school

Now put the cards in order alphabetically. Check your answer with your partner.

Big, carry, cat, chair, dog, eat, flower, fly, happy, hot, house, learn, lion, pencil, pretty, run, sad, school, shirt, shoe, sun, talk, walk, write

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What is missing?

Place 24 of your words on a table.

Follow the instructions.

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Hot and ColdWe will chant to find the words. The louder we chant the closer a volunteer is to the word.

Concentration

is adaptable to any content or themeprovides students with multiple exposures to wordsprovides opportunities for interaction and inputprovides opportunities for metalinguistic talk (talk about words)can provide opportunities for group/pair work, deep processing, and critical thinking when students make their own sets of matching cards

Concentration

Fold the paper.In half of the spaces write the following vocabulary items -House, cat, triangle, banana, pencil, line, basketball, notebook

In the other half of the spaces draw pictures of the items.

Tear apart the cards. Place the cards face down.

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Mystery words.I like to put ________ and mustard on my hot dog.I like to curl up with a paperback ___________ and read at night.

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Thank you for your attention.