Vocabulary Teaching

1. What Students Know When We Say That They Know a Word

1.1. know its meaning

1.2. how to read it

1.3. how to pronounce it

1.4. how to spill it

1.5. know its form

1.6. know its connotative meaning

1.7. know its collocations

2. Approaches for Vocabulary Teaching

2.1. Active Use

2.2. Passive Understanding

3. Techniques for Teaching Meaning

3.1. Context

3.2. description or definition

3.3. Realia

3.4. board drawings

3.5. synonyms and antonyms

3.6. pictures

3.7. wall charts

3.8. scales

3.9. translation

4. Objectives: to be able to

4.1. Discuss what it means when students know a word

4.2. Differentiate between the 2 main approaches of teaching vocabulary

4.3. use some techniques for teaching new words

4.4. List the main steps for teaching new vocabulary

4.5. Write short notes about techniques for building up students' vocabulary.

5. Steps to Teaching a New Word

5.1. 1- show meaning

5.2. 2- show form

5.3. check for understanding

6. Techniques for Building Vocabulary

6.1. encourage good habits

6.2. personalize

6.3. give exposure to the word

6.4. collect pictures

6.5. Guess meanings

6.6. spidergram

6.7. comparison matrix

6.8. word splash

6.9. semantic features analysis

6.10. word sort

6.11. games