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Articles on vocabulary Discover a broad range of ideas on teaching vocabulary and different vocabulary types in our articles below. |
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Lexical notebooks or vocabulary cards?Few would doubt that students should leave a lesson with some kind of transcript of it: be it a notebook or, if technology allows, pages from an Interactive WhiteBoard (IWB) emailed to your students – in order to be able to go over the material covered in class. As far as vocabulary learning is concerned, it is important to record new language in a way that is memorable and manageable. |
Vocabulary and autonomyThis article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary. |
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Revising lexis: quality or quantity?This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to repeated encounters with lexical items. |
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Grammar vs lexis or grammar through lexis?In this article, informed by the Lexical Approach, I reflect on grammar instruction in the classroom, including my own teaching, and make suggestions on how it can be 'lexicalised'. I consider the problems with 'traditional' grammar teaching before arguing that what we actually need is more grammar input as well as showing how lexis can provide necessary 'crutches' for the learner. |
Lexical exploitation of textsReading and listening texts are often used in the ELT classroom to practise receptive skills and / or as the introduction to a topic or language point. |
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Context developing activitiesIt is widely recognized that second language (L2) mental lexicon must be independent of its first language (L1) counterpart, if learners are to use the target language effectively and fluently. |
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Seven steps to vocabulary learningHave you ever considered why a learner (even an advanced one) can hear a difficult English word or phrase literally thousands of times and still not use that word in the way that a native speaker does? |
Multi-word verbs: Methods and approachesIn the first of these two articles, Multi-word verbs: Learner problems, I looked at some of the problems that multi-word verbs cause students. |
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Seven steps to vocabulary learningHave you ever considered why a learner (even an advanced one) can hear a difficult English word or phrase literally thousands of times and still not use that word in the way that a native speaker does? |
Skills circuits: Recycling languageSkills circuits are a fun way to review language. They also provide a change to coursebook activities allowing learners to work together to recycle grammar or vocabulary and share knowledge. |
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The noun phraseFor too long now the verb phrase has been the dominant focus of attention in course books, syllabuses, and teacher training programmes. |
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Vocabulary and autonomyThis article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary. |
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Working with vocabularyVocabulary is crucial for getting meaning from a written or oral text. Without knowledge of key vocabulary in a text, a learner may have serious trouble understanding the message. |
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Revising lexis: quality or quantity?This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to repeated encounters with lexical items. |
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Seven steps to vocabulary learningHave you ever considered why a learner (even an advanced one) can hear a difficult English word or phrase literally thousands of times and still not use that word in the way that a native speaker does? |
Lexical exploitation of textsReading and listening texts are often used in the ELT classroom to practise receptive skills and / or as the introduction to a topic or language point. |
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New words in EnglishNew words enter the English language all the time - the exact number is uncertain but there are thousands appearing every year. |
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The noun phraseFor too long now the verb phrase has been the dominant focus of attention in course books, syllabuses, and teacher training programmes. |
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