Facilitating Students’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION outside the classroom
Plan your projects and define important tasks and actions
1. put together in a Google table online to be easily accessed by students
2. MEMORISE & RETAIN NEW LEXIS
2.1. Record new vocab
2.1.1. Resources
2.1.1.1. regular dictionaries
2.1.1.1.1. e.g. Longman, Oxford...
2.1.1.2. disctionaries of collocations
2.1.1.2.1. e.g. OzDic
2.1.1.3. thesaurus
2.1.1.3.1. e.g. Collins English Thesaurus
2.1.1.3.2. VisuWords
2.1.2. Tools
2.1.2.1. charts
2.1.2.2. diagrams and mind maps
2.1.2.3. e-flashcards
2.1.2.3.1. e.g. Quizlet, Memrise
2.2. Memorise new vocab
2.2.1. spaced repetition
2.2.1.1. e.g. Quizlet, Memrise
2.2.1.1.1. e-flashcards
2.2.1.1.2. labelled diagrams
3. PROCESS LEXIS
3.1. INTERNALISE it
3.1.1. pair work & team collaboration
3.1.1.1. Group & Catergorise
3.1.1.1.1. labelled Quizlet diagrams
3.1.1.1.2. mindmaps
3.1.1.1.3. separate folders/ sets of e-flashcards for different topics/ communicative functions
3.1.1.2. Speaking practice in class
3.1.1.2.1. board games
3.1.1.2.2. role plays
3.1.1.2.3. mini-presentations
3.1.2. individual tasks
4. MINIMISE OWN EFFORTS
4.1. a system
4.2. rules & guidelines for students
4.3. on a regular basis
4.4. (half-)automated marking
4.4.1. e.g. Quizlet, Memrise, DuoLinguo, PuzzleEnglish etc.