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Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary

ⅠIntroduction

As every language learner knows, communication is the ultimate goal of

learning a language, then acquiring, remembering, and meaningfully using newly

learnt words is an essential part of learning a foreign language. When students learn a

foreign language, students tend to forget or misuse new words. There are many

reasons for that: words are not properly stored in students' minds, they are not

practiced enough, and they are not related to students own experiences and interests.

In order to make learning more effective, Professor Allen shares a serious of

successful techniques with learners and teachers newer to the field of ESL.

In the introduction part, he discusses why vocabulary teaching was neglecting in

the past and how it became more and more crucial for the present. In the past, people

believe that knowing words and their meanings are not enough, and learners have to

know how the words work together in English sentences. Gradually, they tend to pay

attention to the learning of vocabulary. For the ultimate goal of language learning is to

communicate. Vocabulary is the basic element of communication. Without grammar,

the communication may be interfered, but without vocabulary, there’s no

communication at all.

Knowing how significant the vocabulary is, the author tells some very effective

ways of teaching vocabulary. According to their learning experiences and ages, he

divided the learners into three levels: the beginners, the intermediate students and the

advanced students. He assigns different activities to learners of different levels, which

are very helpful for both language learners and teachers.

ⅡTechniques in teaching vocabulary

Language learning is a hard task which can sometimes be frustrating. Constant

effort is required to understand, produce, and manipulate the target language.

Effective activities have proven to have advantages and effectiveness in learning

vocabulary in various ways: activities bring in relaxation and fun for students, thus

help them learn and retain new words more easily, activities usually involve friendly

competition and they keep learners interested, vocabulary activities bring real world

context into the classroom and enhance students’ use of English in a flexible,

communicative way, and activities are highly motivating and they give students more

opportunity to express their opinions and feelings.

1. Techniques for the beginners

In books that are intended for the first stage of English, the vocabulary lessons

usually contain words for person and things in the classroom, words like boy, girl,

book, pencil, window, door. These words can be taught by seeing the objects, by

touching them as well as hearing. These senses are working together to focus the

learners’ attention. What’s more, these words are very helpful for defining more

difficult words in later stages of the program. It is good to make an early start on such

important words.

Usually, there is a list on the textbook page. The effective way for students to

remember these words is to look at the words while hearing their pronunciations.

Hearing the word, seeing it, and saying it—all of these may be aids to learning. But it

is more important to teach them the meanings of the words and how to use them in

communication.

In some classes for beginners, teachers use all three ways to show the meaning of

the words: pictures, explanations in the students’ own language and definitions in

simple English, using vocabulary that the students already known. In presenting these

common kinds of vocabulary, teachers should think about the order of presentation.

Whether the new words should be presented first or the meanings? According to one’s

growing experiences, a child know the object first, and then he knows the name for it.

So it is with teaching. That is to say, teachers should draw attention to meanings

before drilling words.

Vocabulary is best learned when someone feels that a certain word is needed.

Teachers can make the basic words in English necessary for communication. To do so,

we engage students in activities that require those English words for the exchange of