Unit7TeachingVocabulary57.Theroleofvocabularyuncertaintystillremainsregarding(about)Whatconstitutes(组/构成)avocabularyitem,Whichvocabularyitemsshouldbetaughtandlearned,andHowvocabularycanbetaughtandlearnedmosteffectively.58.Sevensuggestionshelpingteacherstopresentnewwords:1).Prepareexamplestoshowmeaning.2).Askstudentstotellthemeaningfirst.3).Thinkabouthowtoshowthemeaningofawordwithrelatedwordssuchassynonyms,antonymsetc.4).Thinkabouthowtocheckstudents'understanding.5).Thinkaboutthecontextinreallifewherethewordmightbeused.6).Thinkaboutpossiblemisunderstandingorconfusionthatstudentmayhave.59.Howdoyoupresentandexplainvocabularyifyouareateacher?(Waystopresentandexplainvocabulary):l)Drawpictures,diagramsandmapstoshowmeaningsorconnectionofmeanings;2)Userealobjects(realia)toshowmeanings;3)Mimeoracttoshowmeanings,e.g.brushingteeth,playingPing-Pong;4)Usesynonymsorantonymstoexplainmeanings;5)Uselexicalsets,e.g.cook:fry,boil,bake,andgrill;6)Translateandexemplify,especiallywithtechnicalwordsorwordswithabstractmeaning;7)Usewordformationrulesandcommonaffixes.60.Whendoesvocabularylearningbecomemorefunandeffective?(Whenstudentsstudyvocabularytogether,sayingroups,throughvariousactivities,undertheteacher'ssupervision,whenstudentsunderstandthemeaningofthenewvocabulary)61.Somevocabularyconsolidationactivitiesthatcanbedoneinclass.(12)1)Labeling标注词汇:2)Spottingthedifferences:3)Describinganddrawing:4)Playingagame:5)Usingwordthermometers:6)Usingwordseries7)Worldbingo:9)Oddmanout:10)Synonymsandantonyms:11)Usingwordcategoriesword:12)Usingwordnet-work62.Developingvocabularybuildingstrategies.1).Reviewregularly:2).Guessmeaningfromcontext:3).Organizevocabularyeffectively:4).Uselearnedvocabulary:Whichcluescancontributetothediscovery(revealing)ofmeaning.(1)Thetopic;(2)Thegrammaticalstructure;(3)Thepossiblemeaningconnectionbetweenthegivenwordandotherwords;(4)Thelinguisticpatternwherethewordappears.