Topic 11 Flashcards

Question

Explain EMPHASIZE BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION (principle for teaching vocabulary)

Answer 1

Direct instruction refers to teaching the words and their meanings. Indirect instruction refers to helping children learn more appropriate strategies so they can figure out the meaning of words on their own

Answer 2

That makes it more likely for the students to comprehend the activity and that they will actually acquire the target vocabulary words

Answer 3

This is a strategy that learners can use when they encounter unfamiliar words. Children also need to be taught that there are times, especially when reading, when they will not be able to figure out the meaning from context clues

Answer 4

As part of any teacher’s teaching repertoire, a new word should reappear many times and in different situations for the next several weeks of instruction. Learners also benefit when there is multi-sensory vocabulary input

Answer 5

Deep processing means working with information at a high cognitive and/or personal level, establishing connections between new words and their prior knowledge. Deep processing makes it more likely that information will be remembered.

Answer 6

Very young children, under the age of six, can use a picture dictionary. Children who are at the beginning stages of language and literacy development can also use a picture dictionary as a tool to help them increase both their vocabulary knowledge and and their use of context clues. Learners with English literacy skills can also use dictionaries where the words are placed in alphabetical order. As a teacher, it is important to teach children how to use different dictionaries. For example, most students need to be told that the first meaning given in a dictionary is the most common.

Answer 7

- Connecting vocabulary to young learners’ lives through personalization - Word of the day - Categories - Scavenger hunt - Translation - Spotting the difference - Picture dominoes and picture rummy - Kim’s game - Coffee pot - Crosswords and quizzes - Word thermometers - Concentration - Vocabulary basket

Answer 8

This will help them to remember the words and, hopefully, will help them to use the words in their own speech and writing. In addition to encouraging cognitive skills, it is always a good idea to point out that this is a good strategy for remembering new words.

Answer 9

Select a specific word you will focus on each day. The teacher pre-selects the word, or students decide what word will be featured. Then, when taking attendance, instead of having children say , they can say the word of the day. Also, when children are waiting for the bell to ring, the teacher can ask one or two of them to use the word of the day in a sentence.

Answer 10

Each learner creates a set of picture cards or word cards with different vocabulary items on them. As they are working on their sets of cards, walk around and discuss the different words. The teacher can also ask them to sort the words into two to five different categories of their own choosing. Then, they are asked to explain how they put the categories together.

Answer 11

Children are given an EFL course book that is appropriate for their age and language level. They are given a word to find in the book, such as . Young learners have to use cognitive skills to determine which unit the word would be found in. This helps learners classify words according to different categories. For children who do not have literacy skills, it can be simplified by showing them a picture of the target word.

Answer 12

For many years, it has been considered as cheating to use the first language in the classroom, but it seems silly to spend time on a largely unsuccessful explanation in English when translation will save valuable time. However, translation cannot be the main technique if we do not want our pupils to continue to use Spanish as a framework on which to attach English items.

Answer 13

Pupils are put into pairs and each member has a slightly different picture. Without showing it to one another, they have to discover the differences. We can alter this game so that one member of the pair has a drawing and the other one a blank piece of paper. The pupil with the picture must tell his partner what to draw.

Answer 14

They are based on the associations our pupils may establish between the objects appearing in cards. In dominoes, they do it with pairs of cards, while in rummy, they do it with threes, fours, …

Answer 15

Kim’s game is an all-time favorite game. We show our pupils a picture or a tray with objects on it, or a series of different flashcards or magazine pictures. They have two minutes to memorize as many as they can, and afterwards they will have to say or write what they saw. We can transform this game into Chinese whispers if only one child sees the tray and then whispers the objects into his partner’s ear. The process goes on and we see the similarities and differences between the initial and the final list.

Answer 16

Coffee pot is a word which is used instead of a particular verb a pupil has thought of. The rest of the class must find out this verb by means of questions such as:

Answer 17

Crosswords can be devised round topic ideas. Quizzes can be used to revise large amounts of vocabulary in a motivating way because both cooperation and competition are introduced in the classroom.

Answer 18

Word thermometers are useful for indicating degree, e.g.: Place these words in the correct place on the thermometer: fat, thin, plump, skinny, slim.

Answer 19

Concentration games can be made using picture and/or word cards. There should be two sets of cards. On one set, the vocabulary words should be printed or illustrated with pictures. On the other set, there should be matching pictures, definitions, the printed word, or the word used in a context-rich sentence. When playing concentration, the cards are placed face down on a table. The first learner turns over two cards and identifies them aloud. If they match, the learner keeps the cards. If they do not match, the words are placed back on the table face down in the same place from which they were taken. The next person then turns over two cards. The players take turns until there are no more cards on the table.

Answer 20

Each learner is given a word or picture card. Students sit with their chairs in a circle. Every child should sit in a chair and hold their card so that the rest of the class can see it. The teacher should stand in the middle of the circle holding a card. The teacher calls two word cards such as . The two children holding the cards with apple and orange on them race to change seats but the teacher sits in one of the chairs that has been vacated. The child without a chair is left standing and calls out the next two words.

Answer 21

- Asking others in English - Using a dictionary - Deducing meaning out of context

Topic 11 Flashcards

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