Teaching Vocabulary

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1、中学英语教学法Unit7TeachingVocabularyUnit7TeachingVocabularyIssuesfordiscussionAssumptionsaboutvocabularyandvocabularybuildingMethodsforpresentingnewvocabularyitemsWaystoconsolidatevocabularyWaystohelpstudentsdevelopvocabularybuildingstrategiesVocabularyteachingisoftenintegratedwiththeteachingofre

2、ading.(Andmaybewiththatoflistening?And…?)7.1Vocabularyandvocabularybuilding(pp.71-72)Theroleofvocabularyinlanguageteachingseemstohavereceivedmoreconsistentunderstandingthanthatofgrammar.However,theuncertaintystillremainsregarding:Whatconstituteavocabularyitem;Whichvocabularyitemsshouldbetau

3、ghtandlearned;Howvocabularycanbetaughtandlearnedmosteffectively.Peoplehavedifferentunderstandingsof:Whatavocabularyitemis;Howanitemcanbelearnedandconsolidate;Whichitemsshouldbelearned;Towhatextenttheitemsshouldbelearnedandpractised.(p.72)7.2Presentingnewwords(pp.72-74)Differentteachershaved

4、ifferentwaystopresentnewwords.Somesuggestions:Providecreativeexamples.Elicitmeaningfromthestudentsbeforetellingthem.Userelatedwordssuchassynonyms,antonymsetc.toshowthemeaning.Thinkabouthowtocheckstudents’understanding.Relatethenewword(s)toreallifecontext(s).Predictpossiblemisunderstandingor

5、confusion.Acomparisonbetween2teachersTeacherA:wrote“grumble”ontheblackboard;said“grumblemeanstocomplainaboutsomeoneorsomethinginanannoyedway”;translatedthewordintothestudents’nativelanguage;gavemoreexamples(sentences)forthestudentstotranslateintotheirnativelanguage.TeacherB:Said“somepeopleg

6、rumbleabouteverything.Forexample,theygrumbledabouttheweather.Ifitissunny,theysayitistoohot.Ifitiscool,theysayitistoocold.Theyareneverhappywiththeweather.Theyalwaysgrumbleabouttheweather”.Thensetouttocheckthestudents’understandingbyasking“Sowhatdoes‘grumble’mean?”Whichoftheabovedoyouthinkism

7、oreeffective?Why?SomemoresuggestedwaysUsepictures,diagramsandmapstoshowthemeaning;Userealia(pluralofrealis);Usepantomimesoractions;Uselexicalsets;e.g.cook,fry,boil,bake,grill,roastTranslateandexemplify,esp.withtechnicalorabstractwords;Usewordformationrul