Teaching Vocabulary  What to Teach About an Item  Techniques for Eliciting New Vocabulary  Steps for Presenting Vocabulary  Techniques for Checking Vocabulary What to Teach About an Item  What the word means  Its form/part of speech (e.g. noun, adj…)  How it is pronounced  How it is spelt (written form)  If it follows any unpredictable grammatical patterns (e.g. effect on, fight against)  The connotations (associations, positive or negative feelings) the item may have (e.g. DOG (friendship, loyalty, dirt & inferiority) What to Teach About an Item (con.)  The situations when it is (not) used (Is it formal/neutral/informal?- in speech or in writing? Is it outdated? Wireless instead of radio)  How it is related to others (syno., anto…)  Collocations (ways words occur together- e.g. raise your hands not lift your hands)  The prefixes & suffixes may indicate the meaning Techniques for Eliciting New Vocabulary 1. Visuals 2. Mime 3. Realia 4. Situation/Explanation 5. Example 6. Synonym/Antonym 7. Translation 1. Visuals  Example 1: PLOUGH  Example (2): PLOUGH  Example (3): a plot of land  Example (4): HARROW 2. Mime  Example (1): to pump T: miming pumping a balloon T asks, “What am I doing?”  Example (2): transplanting T: miming transplanting young rice plants T asks, “What am I doing?” [...]... “  Steps for Presenting Vocabulary         Eliciting & Illustrating the meaning of the new word (by using # techniques) Modeling/Presenting the item (written/spoken) Letting Ss repeat chorally Asking some Ss to repeat it Correcting pronunciation (if happening) Checking L1’s equivalent Checking pronunciation (stress pattern) Checking spelling Techniques for Checking Vocabulary 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bingo!... correct words there to see if everyone agrees Example: Topic SCHOOL SUBJECTS HSICPSY= LYGIOBO= RUTELARITE= THAMS= TYHOSIY= 4 Matching Aim: To get Ss to match the new vocabulary with definitions, translations of pictures To save time preteaching  Write the new words in a list on the left side on the board  Write definitions, translations or draw pictures, on the right side of the board  Get Ss to... slaps the correct word first is the winner  If you are playing in teams, the winning team gets a mark  Then ask 2 more Ss to come forward 10.What & Where Aim: to help Ss to memorize new vocabulary or to revise vocabulary  Follow the same procedure as for RUB & REMEMBER & SLAP THE BOARD (i.e choose observers.)  Elicit words to do with the classroom from the Ss  As the Ss give you the word, write... books Read or tell the story with the new words in it Get Ss to put the words in the correct order by numbering them 8 Rub out & remember Aim: to help Ss memorize new words  Present or elicit the new vocabulary & build up a list on the board  After each word put the Vietnamese translation  Get the trainees to copy into their books & ask them to close their books  Rub out the new word once at a time... nouns-remember to include some verbs  Get the Ss to put the given words in the appropriate circles  Ss fill in the remaining empty circles with their own words 6 Noughts & Crosses Aim: to get Ss to put new vocabulary in a sentence  The teacher puts a grid on the board with 9 words in it  Ss work in pairs ONE of the Ss copies the grid in his/her book  One student is “noughts” (‘O’), and the other is ‘crosses’ . Teaching Vocabulary  What to Teach About an Item  Techniques for Eliciting New Vocabulary  Steps for Presenting Vocabulary  Techniques for Checking Vocabulary What. hands)  The prefixes & suffixes may indicate the meaning Techniques for Eliciting New Vocabulary 1. Visuals 2. Mime 3. Realia 4. Situation/Explanation 5. Example 6. Synonym/Antonym 7 do you say ‘nông dân’ in English?……Listen to it in English ’peasant’ “ Steps for Presenting Vocabulary  Eliciting & Illustrating the meaning of the new word (by using # techniques)  Modeling/Presenting