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How to Present Vocabulary in a Language Classroom in a Communicative Way
Submitted by Duncan M on 3 March, 2010 - 08:14
A lot has been said so far, concerning the teaching of vocabulary in the context of a language classroom. The aim of this article is to point out some theoretical aspects related to vocabulary teaching that might be of a great help to language teachers. However, I will not limit my contribution to purely theoretical claims as these would be of no benefit to practitioners or others involved in the teaching process. My intention is to appeal to the communicative side of the problem. Read More
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That is on of the real challenges. I think the most effective way of doing this is to start with an oral approach. We take a new topic and start a kind of discussion, but the students vocabulary is limited and they ask for some new words. The teacher may introduce part of new vocabulary which provoked students' curiosity. Then you read a new text where you meet these new words and of course some other and now the teacher can ask the students to guess the meaning of these words in the context. After you finish reading the text you do excercises on comprehension and vocabulary and again you should focus mainly on the new words. Actually, vocabulary work isn't easy but on the other hand it offers a great variety of practice. And of course the most effective way to expand vocabulary is reading.
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