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| Title | Teaching Vocabulary, Part 1 |
| Body | Teachers on several listservs and blogs have been discussing how to present vocabulary and what works best for students to retain it. Approaches are diverse; here is a sampling of them: Some teachers promote autonomy in and individualization of approaches to learning vocabulary: Here is an article on the British Council’s website about autonomy and vocabulary: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/vocabulary-autonomy Here are some suggestions for self-study from Busuu: http://blog.busuu.com/learn-vocabulary-even-faster-with-our-checkpoints --- Here is a description of "Vocab Man": Have you heard of the "Vocab Man?" I stumbled across it years ago and modified it to meet my needs. It is essentially a large "man" and inside each body part is a vocabulary review/learning option- IE write words 3X each= 10 points, create a mini book or Powerpoint with 1 drawing/image per word = 20 points, etc. I require 20 points and students that wish to review the vocab with their fellow classmates before a quiz/test (usually with PowerPoint or their books, and I even allow outside the box options that they come up with like creating games). Botts, L. Re: [FLTEACH] Differentiation with introducing vocabulary. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 3 Oct 2012). An example of the rubric for Vocab Man is available here: http://aquinasgrammar.com/2011/10/hombre-de-vocabulario , and here is a long list of possible activities: https://sites.google.com/a/dunkerton.k12.ia.us/sramcd/vocab-man-options Megan Johnston of the Creative Language Class blog describes how she recently guided students through the process of creating their own personalized vocabulary lists for a particular topic: http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/new-vocab-lists-learning-or-both Several teachers recommend different online vocabulary-study sites. Here are the most-often recommended: Quizlet (http://quizlet.com ), described here: http://casls.uoregon.edu/intercom/site/view-article.php?ArticleID=6166 Conjuguemos (https://conjuguemos.com ), described here: http://casls.uoregon.edu/intercom/site/view-article.php?ArticleID=1471 WordChamp (http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Home.do ), described here: http://casls.uoregon.edu/intercom/site/view-article.php?ArticleID=2610 English language teachers will appreciate Larry Ferlazzo’s webpage with annotated links to resources for developing academic vocabulary: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/the-best-websites-for-developing-academic-english-skills-vocabulary |
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