Teaching and learning vocabulary for second language learners
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Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman is an associate professor of TESOL in the Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures at California State University
PhD in International Education, specializing in second language vocabulary acquisition
Teaching and learning vocabulary for second
language learners
Teaching and Learning Vocabulary for LL2
Knowing a word
Word count
Historical look
GT approach
Reformapproach
DM
Readingapproach
ALCLTchanges
Intentionalincidentallearning
Conceptual underpinnings
Incremental nature of WL
Role of material
Selecting the words
Teaching and Learning Vocabulary for LL2
Word level
activities
Discourse
level activities
ranking
Word parts
Phrasal verb
Word learning activities
Classroom Applications
Word learning
strategies
Beyond the planned lesson
Sentence
level activities
Picture stories
Strip stories
Story re-
working
dictation
games
Vocabulary notebooks
Dictionary
use
Memory aids: word cards
reflectionDefining
words
Answering questions
about words
Strength
of words
strength
Word level
activities
RankingWord parts
Phrasal verb
Strength
of words
* Easy to difficult in spelling, pronunciation or grammatical form
Ranking 5 to 8 words according to:
* Frequent to infrequent
* Importance for work, study, personal relationship, travel, etc.
* Their relation to specific topic (e.g. Affordability, practicality, dependability, entertainment value, etc.)
Line Resist Adumbrate Zephyr Vociferous
Day Important Knowledge Scarce Periodical
Goodbye Lost Request Destination Voyage
Word level
activities
Word parts
Ranking
Phrasal verb
Strength
of words
Conventionally
important
Significant
Symbol
Practice with word parts: A picture tells a story
Word level
activities
Phrasal verb Word
parts
Ranking
Strength
of words
Word level
activities
StrengthOf
word Word parts
Phrasal verb
Ranking
How strong are these words?
Sentence
level activities
Picture stories
Strip stories
Choose a story divide it into sentences Group students, give each student a
sentence of the story
Have students memorize and restate the sentence to group
Group decide the order of the sentence
Group retell the story to class
Strip stories
Picture stories
Discourse
level activities
Story re-working
dictation
games
strengthBy using as many of the
words from the word
strength continuum as
possible, write a …
Story re-working activities
Hear and retell
Read and retell
Synonym search
Register reword
Dictation
Discourse
level activities
Story re-
working
dictation
gamesstrength
Speller line-up
Hangman Password Adverb in
actionTwenty
questions
verb adverb
Word learning
strategies
Vocabulary notebooks
Dictionary use
Memory aids: word
cards
reflection
The ability to ask insightful questions
that will lead to accurate word use
Promote learner independence
Learner’s dictionary practice: correct the errors in a text by using dictionary
Navigating the dictionary: where is the letter?
word learning strategy: planned approach that a word learner takes as an agent of his or her own word learning
Beyond the planned lesson
Defining words
Answering questions
about words
There are always surprises
Begin the definition by
focusing on the basic
meaning before moving
on to the details
Examples
Negative examples
Synonyms
Antonyms
Situational context
Realia
Gesture, pantomime,
demonstration
The more the teacher can develop his or her own awareness of how words are used the more the teacher will be able to assist the L2 learners
Thanks for your attention