Teaching vocabulary Selecting Words Ranking Words Teaching Words

Teaching vocabulary Selecting Words ¡ Ranking Words ¡ Teaching Words ¡

Teaching vocabulary/ Techniques ¡ Step one: The teacher explains a new word, going beyond reciting its definition (tap into prior knowledge of students, use imagery). ¡ Step two: Students restate or explain the new word in their own words (verbally and/or in writing). ¡ Step three: Ask students to create a non-linguistic representation of the word (a picture, or symbolic representation). ¡ Step four: Students engage in activities to deepen their knowledge of the new word (compare words, classify terms, write their own analogies and metaphors). ¡ Step five: Students discuss the new word (pair-share, elbow partners). ¡ Step six: Students periodically play games to review new vocabulary (Pyramid, Jeopardy, Telephone). Ps: Marzano's six steps do something revolutionary to vocabulary learning: They make it fun. Students think about, talk about, apply, and play with new words. (if you read this, stand up and say “ I’m sexy”. You have 10 seconds to win 5 points for your line )

Step 1: Teacher Explains The new word

1. Quickly give the meaning by: ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ (a) using an L 1 translation, (b) using a known L 2 synonym or a simple definition in the L 2, (c) showing an object or picture, (d) giving quick demonstration, (e) drawing a simple picture or diagram, (f) breaking the word into parts and giving the meaning of the parts and the whole word (the word part strategy), (g) giving several example sentences with the word in context to show the meaning, (h) commenting on the underlying meaning of the word and other referents.

2 Draw attention to the form of the word by ¡ ¡ ¡ (a) showing how the spelling of the word is like the spelling of known words. (b) giving the stress pattern of the word and its pronunciation, (c) showing the prefix, stem and suffix that make up the word, (d) getting the learners to repeat the pronunciation of the word, (e) writing the word on the board, (f) pointing out any spelling irregularity in the word.

3 Draw attention to the use of the word by ¡ ¡ ¡ (a) quickly showing the grammatical pattern the word fits into (countable/uncountable, transitive/intransitive, etc), (b) giving a few similar collocates. (c) mentioning any restrictions on the use of the word (Formal, Informal) colloquial, impolite, only used in the United States, only used with children, old fashioned, technical, infrequent), (d) giving a well known opposite, or a well known word describing the group or lexical set it fits into.

Teaching Grammar 2

Two Methods for Teaching grammar Inductive ¡ Deductive ¡

Inductive Method Inductively: examples, guide the ss. to formulate rules, ss. notice, ss. drill. (student centered) Procedure: Exemplify – guide to the rule - drill ¡ My car was stolen yesterday The picture was stolen from the Louvre Object +Was /were + verb participle + complement The boy broke the window ¡ ___________ ¡

¡ Deductively: rule, drills, teacher centered Procedure: Rule- examples- drill Object + was/were+ verb participle Ex: The window was broken The shoes were stolen Drill: The boy broke the window_________ The girl stole the shoes__________