Teaching Vocabulary Motivating and effective Ways of Teaching

Teaching Vocabulary Motivating and effective Ways of Teaching Vocabulary Concepts and Activities for learning and teaching vocabulary with joy By Marisa Zuazo

Teaching Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Natural aproach What is a collocation? Why is it important to teach collocations? When do I start? How do I insert collocation in a lesson? Activities that go well with collocations.

Teaching Vocabulary What is a collocation? It refers to the way English words are naturally associated p Compounds x idioms phrasal verbs with eachxother. Compounds are two or more words that together form etc. units of meanings. e. g. : blond hair; heavy rain; fast food They can be written separately, with hyphen or as one word. And NOT: yellow hair; strong rain; quick food. Some are fixed inmeaning take a photo, where no other Normally if you knowas the of the two words used word in it you can than take collocates photo withcompound. the same meaning. guess the with meaning of this Some e. g. : are open, other words collocate postwhere office, many narrow-minded, teapot. well with the same meaning, as in keep/stick to the rules. In the other hand, idioms are groups of words in a fixed order that does Sometimes pair of words may sound unnatural to native not allow to guessa their meaning by knowing the meanings of individual speakers but not totally words. incorrect. As in the sentence did many mistakes”, will be understood but thenouns and e. g. : On theitdouble! (Hurry!) Besides“I being considered individual lexical items compound natural collocation in thiscollocate case would beother to make phrasal verbs frequently with words. mistakes. e. g. : play the stock market (compound); come up with (phrasal verb) a suggestion.

Teaching Vocabulary Why is it important to teach collocations? p p p p The words we chose define the people we are. You will improve your students style in writing. They will sound more natural. They can decide how they want to sound during their speech. (precise, fluent, eloquent, exotic, etc. ? ) It will shorten the communication barrier. It will increase their range of English vocabulary. They will understand when a skillful writer departs from normal patterns of collocation by not choosing an expected collocation to create an effect. e. g. : There’s no place like Rome (allusion to there’s no place like home)

Teaching Vocabulary When do I start? As you may have already noticed, you probably have taught collocations before. The key point is to decide if you made it part of a lesson, a unit, a class or a course or if it eventually appeared as a teaching point. If you want your student to sound more natural, to choose the best combination of words and to understand authentic materials better, you have to start preparing your classes including collocation teaching time asps! The challenge is to think about interesting ways to teach focusing in collocation. Choosing appropriate activities suitable to different levels, teaching topics and skills.

Teaching Vocabulary How do I insert collocation in a lesson? There are several points to take into consideration when teaching collocation. Motivation Vocabulary Relevance Teacher Adjectives + Nouns Time Students Nouns + Verbs Opportunity Nouns + Nouns Interest . . .

Teaching Vocabulary How do I insert collocation in a lesson? Students Level Elementary Intermediate Advanced Approach Variety of activities Visual component

Teaching Vocabulary Elementary (Sports)

Teaching Vocabulary Elementary (Do x Make) Images 1, 2 and 3 from English Collocations in use - Cambridge

Teaching Vocabulary

Memory game – Look at the phrases below and memorize them. You have 2 minutes to do so. *You will easily remember if you associate them to people you know. o ood c y Good sense of humor n a p m G Hi gh Bear a grudge Loose your temper ly int ell ige ly rce Fie nt your Time is up!!! Check how good Vivid imagination Selfish streak memories are. Write as many Outgoing personality phrases as you can remember in a Razor sharp mind Snap decisions paper and have a look to see if Keep your temper your partner did better than you. al Brutally honest loy Keep your word

Let’s try a challenge! A harder memory game for you. Look at the definitions and match them to the phrases you memorized from the previous activity. *Remember: the more you concentrate, the better! People enjoy being with you You sometimes act in a selfish way Stronger than extremely Trying to deceive or trick you Honest in a way that may heart Do what you say you will do Quick decisions Resent for a long time bad things people did to you Not get angry

Now read the following text and talk to your partner. Think of people you know who were born in the same month and whose personality fits to the descriptions. Think of those who don`t fit at all and tell your partner why.

Teaching Vocabulary Hands on! p p p Form groups of 5. Choose an activity from the handout. Come up with ideas in order to make it more communicative, attractive and fun. Share your ideas. Which activity would you definitely try with your groups?

Teaching Vocabulary References p p p p p LINDSAY, Cora; KNIGHT, Paul. Learning and Teaching English. OUP. 2006 HARMER, Jeremy. The practice of English Language. Pearson Longman. 2007 GILLET, Amy. Speak English Like an American. Language Success Press. 2007 LEWIS, Michael. Teaching Collocation: further developments in the Lexical Approach. Hove. 2000 LIMA, Denilso. Por que assim e não assado? Campus. 2008 Mc. CARTHY, Michael; O’DELLl, Felicity English Collocations in Use. Cambridge. 2008 Mc. CARTHY, Michael; O’DELLl, Felicity English Collocations in Use Advanced. Cambridge. 2008 SPEARS, Richard A. NTC’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions. NTC. 2000 UR, Penny; Wright, Andrew. Five-minute activities

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