developing student vocabulary : fun ways to learn words
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Developing Student Vocabulary:Fun Ways to Learn Words
Katie Bainwww.elfellowkbain.wordpress.com
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ObjectiveParticipants will learn, interact
with, and apply new ways of learning and teaching English
vocabulary.
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What are the challenges for teaching vocabulary?
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Challenge 1: The large number of words
1. The number of words that students need to know. • 2,000 – 3,000 word families to understand spoken
communication• 8,000 – 9,000 word families for reading authentic texts!• 4,500 – 5,000 word families for a C2 Level of proficiency!
Example of Word Family:• stimulate• stimulated• stimulates• stimulation• Stimulative
(Schmidtt, 2008)
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Challenge 2:Depth of Knowledge Needed
• Students must know a lot about a word in order to understand it well and use it correctly.
• What is involved in knowing a word?– Form– Meaning – Use
(Schmidtt, 2008)
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Form – Meaning – Use
suburbs Form
– Spelling– Pronunciation (stressed syllables)– Word parts (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
Meaning– definition, part of speech, connotation
Use – How do you use it in a sentence?– What other words usually come near this word in sentences (collocation)?
InstructedSecondLanguageVocabularyLearningSchmittNorbert.pdf
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Five Types of Vocabulary Learning
1. Single Words2. Set Phrases3. Variable Phrases4. Phrasal Verbs5. Idiomatic Expressions
(Folse, 2008)
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Single Words
Single words express one single concept.
roomliving roombedroom
(Folse, 2008)
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Set Phrases
Set phrases consist of more than one word and cannot be changed at all.
Example: “On the other hand”
NOT
“On the other hands”“On the other fingers”
(Folse, 2008)
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Variable Phrases
In Variable Phrases, most of the phrase stays the same, but some parts may change.
Examples:“It has come to our attention.”“It has come to my attention.”
(Folse, 2008)
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Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verb = verb + particle
put uptake downcome onmake upgo awayget over
(Folse, 2008)
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Idioms(Idiomatic Expressions)
In an idiom, the meaning of the whole phrase is different than the meaning of the
individual words
Example:“Who let the cat out of the bag?”
means
“Who told the secret?”(Folse, 2008)
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Multiple Meanings(Polysemy)
• Hammer (noun or verb?)
• Table– furniture– set of numbers– action of stopping conversation– description (table cloth)
(Folse, 2008)
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Connotation
Positive Neutral Negative
purebred dog mutt
youngster child kid
pass away die kick the bucket
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Part of Speech
noun – amazementverb – to amaze
adjective – amazingadverb - amazingly
(Folse, 2008)
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Frequency
usualcommon• “Smith” is a common last name.
discardthrow away* I’m going to discard my old books.
(Folse, 2008)
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Collocation
co = togethertogether + location
Collocation has to do with a word or phrase that naturally or frequently occurs near another word in context.
• squander….money/resources• commit… murder, suicide, fraud, grand larceny
(Folse, 2008)
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How do we select words to teach?
• What are my students’ ability levels?• What words are most frequently used?• Which words are necessary for communication?• Which words are relevant to my students’
contexts or lives?• What are the demands of the class or course?• What are my students’ language goals and/or
needs?
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Tools to Help You Determine Which Vocabulary Words to Teach
• West General Service List• Academic Word Lists• Lextutor Vocabulary Profiler• Readability Score
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Lextutor Key
• Blue – K1 – Top 1 – 1,000 most-frequently used words in English
• Green – K2 – Top 1001 – 2,000 most-frequently used words in English
• Yellow – Academic Word List• Red - Offlist
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Articlehttp://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/output.pl
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K-2 Level Words
absences afraid agricultural aims bottom coffee comparative education education education education
education education education education education education education educational educational educational educational educator encourages
encourages foot forward government government guide guide guides imagine improve information international internationally model model model
multiple overcome parents prize prize prize program program repeat repeat self self self string telephone
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Academic Wordsacademic achievement annual area areas benefiting co-
ordinator communities communities communities community contribute contributions conventional culture decades designed
designed expanded exposed financial flexible flexible foundation foundation founded funded generations grade grade
grade grades implemented implemented inadequate income innovation innovative instructor invisible isolated isolated
method method method method method ministry motivated motivated paradigm philosophy policy primary process promote
region relevant resources resources resources revolutionary schedule specifically strategy team teams text theories tradition
traditional traditional traditional transforms
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Readability Score
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www.readability-score.com
Grade LevelsA grade level (based on the USA education system) is equivalent to the number of years of education a person has had. Scores over 22 should generally be taken to mean graduate level text.Readability Formula GradeFlesch-Kincaid Grade Level11.6Gunning-Fog Score12.5Coleman-Liau Index12SMOG Index10.1Automated Readability Index11.2
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K-2 Words
asleep brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brains brains brains brains brains brains connected connections connections cure drum electrical electrical electrical electricity electricity
formal frequency frequency fun health information information instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument instrument lessons lessons lessons lock locking lot noisy noisy program programs purple pushing quick restaurant
sadder screen screen screen smoke sports urges wires worse
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Academic Words
administrators adults affects affects analogy areas automatically benefits challenging classical classical communication communication complex computer
computer computer computer computer confer devices domain economic elements elements energy function
fundamental fundamental identifying inherently instance instruction investigates major major minor participated
passively physically physically processed processed research researchers researchers respond respond
responded responding response responses responses task task volunteer volunteers volunteers volunteers
volunteers volunteers
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Readability Score
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So what do we do?
• Successful vocabulary activities help students to …
–Focus on the vocabulary–Experience the words many
times–Develop good learning
strategies(Folse, 2008)
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Goal 1: Focus on the Vocabulary
• How do we make students NOTICE words? – write them on the board– keep a section of the board or chart paper for
vocabulary– word walls– Students mark key vocabulary
(Folse, 2008)
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Goal #2: Experience the Word Many Times • Students have to see, hear, and use a word
multiple times to understand and know it well.– matching– writing– spelling– naming/identifying– writing it in a sentence
(Folse, 2008)
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Goal #3: Develop Successful Vocabulary Learning Strategies
• Teachers show students many different ways to acquire and memorize vocabulary.
• Students eventually pick and choose what works best for them.
(Folse, 2008)
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Activities and Ideas1. Keep a running list of words2. Vocabulary Cards3. Ranking Vocabulary Items4. Scrambled vocabulary envelopes5. Word Sorts (Lexical Sets)6. Dialogues7. What’s missing8. Erase9. Smack10. Listen and Draw11. Taboo12. Collocations Matching13. Word Comparisons
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#1: Keep a Running List of Words
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#2: Vocabulary Cards
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#3: Ranking Vocabulary Items
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#4: Scrambled Vocabulary Envelopes
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#5: Word Sorts(Lexical Sets)
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#6: Dialogues
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#7: What’s Missing?
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#8: Erase!
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#9: Smack!
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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#10: Listen and Draw
(Folse, 2008) (Schindler, 2006)
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# 11: Taboo
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#12: Collocations Matching
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#13: Comparing Words
• Positive and Negative Connotation Scale
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#13: Comparing Words
• Synonyms and antonyms• Discuss how certain words have different “hidden
meanings” (Use examples from Spanish!).– He’s frugal.– He’s cheap.
• When you encounter words in various different readings or contexts, make note of it! Make connections between readings and discuss how words were used in a previous reading compared to a current reading.
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What are your ideas?
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