Andizhan state university named after zakhiriddin mukhammad babur faculty of foreign languages

12 months: 2 words plus mummy/mommy and daddy (or equivalent in languages other than English)

18 months: 10-50 words

2 years: 300 words

5 years: 450 words

3 years: 1000 words

4 years: 2000 words

5 years: 5000 plus words

This early language acquisition is an essential platform for future learning. There is a huge body of evidence suggesting that deficient early vocabulary development is a strong marker for a continued difficulty in all aspects of schooling.

During the school years, vocabulary size must grow at a rapid pace in order to equip students for everyday, as well as academic, communication. By the age of 17, students are expected to know between 36 000 to 136 000 words. [⁴]

2. Teaching vocabulary through games.

Using games in teaching vocabulary skills develops habits and skills of dialogue speech, promotes students’ speaking initiatives and enhances the natural communicative orientation of the lesson. The authors suppose that while playing games students involuntary memorize new lexical and grammar material. Thus using games in foreign language teaching is one of the most effective ways that provide students with speaking opportunities and at the same time, motivate them.

In learning a foreign language, vocabulary plays an important role. It is one element

that links the four skills оf speaking, listening, reading and writing all together. In order to communicate well in a foreign language, students should acquire an adequate number of words and should know how to use them accurately. Vocabulary is the total number of words in a language. Vocabulary is an important part to master English well. There are essential steps of learning vocabulary (Hatch and Brown):

Having source for encountering new words;

Getting a clear image for the form of new words;