《英语教学法》Unit 8 Teaching Vocabulary.ppt

*;Agree or disagree? A vocabulary item can be more than one word. Languages consist of “words” with equivalents from one lanuage to another? Vocabulary cannot be taught. It must be learned by the individuals. Both teachers and students need to know that there is a difference between active and passive vocabulary. The best eay to explain vocabulary is to translate. English-english explanations are the best way for vocabulary teaching. ;*;Knowing a word means: knowing its pronunciation and stress; knowing its spelling and grammatical properties; knowing its meaning; knowing how and when to use it to express the intended meaning. ;;;*;*;*;;*;*;*;Try to provide a visual or physical demonstration whenever possible, using pictures, photos, video clips, mime or gestures to show meaning. Provide a verbal context to demonstrate meaning, then ask students to tell the meaning first before it is offered by the teacher. Use synomyms or antonyms to explain meanings. Use lexical sets or hyponyms to show relations so words and their meanings, e.g. cook: fry, boil, bake, grill, etc. Translate and exempligy, esp. with technical words or words with abstract meaning. ;*;*;Label each picture with a word from the list underneath.;*;*;*