Techniques for teaching Vocabulary

Selecting, adapting and producing activities and materials for

developing vocabulary

Techniques for teaching

vocabulary

Mime, action & gestures

Contextual skills

visuals

Dictionary

Games

Word attack skills

Mime, actions and gestures• Creative lesson• 3 ways of learning: 1) auditory modality 2) visual modality 3) Kinesthetic modality• Reinforce the pupils’ memorisation.

Example of activities

Word meaning

Mime gamesGiving direction

Word Attack Skills• To help the pupils to become

independent and fluent readers. • Help the students to make sense of

the unknown words. Why?

• Segmenting the component parts of words.• Blending these parts into new words.• Common syllable pattern• Recognizing symbols for vowel soundExamples of word

attack skills

Contextual Clues

Hints that the author gives to help defines the unfamiliar word.

Synonym

Antonym

explanation

example

VisualsThe use of picture or object to help the pupils learn

new vocabulary

To introduce nouns, new words, etc..

Flash cards Display

words taught on each week on the wall

Word walls

Dictionary

Help the pupils to understand the

meaning of the words.

Dictionary provides information about the

history of words.

Can contribute to an interest in and

attitudes towards words

Examples:Ask the pupils to use

dictionary to complete the grids of

word families.

Games To overcome the challenge of learning new

vocabulary. Make learning new words fun by creating

competive environment compete: put more effort learn more

Bingo

OutburstScrambled letters

Example of games:

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