Unit7TeachingVocabulary57
Theroleofvocabularyuncertaintystillremainsregarding(about)Whatconstitutes(组/构成)avocabularyitem,Whichvocabularyitemsshouldbetaughtandlearned,andHowvocabularycanbetaughtandlearnedmosteffectively
Sevensuggestionshelpingteacherstopresentnewwords:1)
Prepareexamplestoshowmeaning
Askstudentstotellthemeaningfirst
Thinkabouthowtoshowthemeaningofawordwithrelatedwordssuchassynonyms,antonymsetc
Thinkabouthowtocheckstudents'understanding
Thinkaboutthecontextinreallifewherethewordmightbeused
Thinkaboutpossiblemisunderstandingorconfusionthatstudentmayhave
Howdoyoupresentandexplainvocabularyifyouareateacher
(Waystopresentandexplainvocabulary):l)Drawpictures,diagramsandmapstoshowmeaningsorconnectionofmeanings;2)Userealobjects(realia)toshowmeanings;3)Mimeoractt