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      Vocabulary in everyday life
      Submitted by peak on 14 August, 2008 - 07:38

      To try and make learning words a reaL "LIFE" situation, I ask pupils to keep a list of all the words they encountered in the previous week. They bring them to the lessons and they are discussed with the whole class. Thus everyone gets to augment their list.

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      Amir A. Ravayee's picture
      Amir A. Ravayee
      Usage is more important
      Submitted on 25 November, 2008 - 07:12

       It's very good that you discuss about the new words in your class. But sometimes teaching  the usage of the new word is ignored by some teachers. 

      We can't learn a new word if we don't know how to use it.

      Amir Abbass Ravayee

       

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      Rania Jabr
      Vocabulary in everyday life
      Submitted on 1 December, 2008 - 07:46

      As an extension to what you do, I have my students use their vocabulary lists in writing a paragraph or essay. When we read or do grammar exercises, I ask them to use their words. After a while they become part of their active vocabulary.

      I also tell them whether these words are slang, formal, informal, or academic. In this way, they realize early on that words can be used in some contexts not others. Rania

       

       

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      Gulshan Huseynli
      Use it or lose it
      Submitted on 20 May, 2011 - 20:48

       

      Use it or lose it.

      I also think that without using the words you can't remember them and it can't be part of your vocabulary.  Whenever you teach the new words  ask your students use the new words in a situation. Situations are more fun than making up sentences.