TeachingEnglish: How to teach vocabulary
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How will the course help you?
By the end of How to teach vocabulary, you'll be able to:
- identify aspects of vocabulary – including form, meaning and use – and relate these to teaching and learning
- plan activities to help learners record and recycle vocabulary
- evaluate a range of methods and techniques for presenting vocabulary.
What does the course include?
- Self-study modules that you can access at any time before the course closes
- A certificate of achievement on successful completion of the self-study modules
- A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
- A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
- Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
- Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube
What are the self-study modules?
- Module 1 – Understanding vocabulary
The aim of this module is to explore major aspects of vocabulary, including form, meaning and use, and relate these to teaching and learning. You will explain concepts used to describe aspects of vocabulary, explain some of the factors which lead to vocabulary errors by learners as well as select activities to use to make vocabulary learning memorable.
- Module 2 – Engaging with vocabulary – recording and recycling
The aim of this module is to outline ways of helping learners to record and recycle vocabulary, while at the same time building their skills and encouraging autonomy. You will evaluate a range of methods and techniques that help learners remember, organise and record vocabulary, evaluate a range of activities for recycling vocabulary as well as plan the stages of a recycling activity, taking into account a range of factors which promote learning.
- Module 3 – Engaging with vocabulary teaching
The aim of this module is to explore ways of presenting new vocabulary in the classroom. You will describe aspects of vocabulary that learners need to know, use further techniques to express meaning, which take into account an inclusive, multisensory approach as well as evaluate a range of methods and techniques for presenting vocabulary.
Course reviews
What have other teachers said about how How to teach vocabulary helped them?
"I completed the course on -How to teach vocabulary and my skills improved with the given methodologies in the course. I found it systematic and effective. Vocabulary is a nice teaching area and for sure what I learnt will be amplified to my learners' development in language acquisition. Thank you immensely British Council."
Course participant, Sri Lanka
"I especially shared some of the strategies I learned here with my co-teachers, and that the key to learning vocabulary effectively is to engage the students in using the words within their context, give them a lot of exposure, and let them have these words using a multi-sensory approach."
Course participant, Uzbekistan
"I changed the way I teach vocabularies and also I changed some methodologies in classroom. I inserted chain reaction and jigsaw."
Course participant, Rwanda
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