Technology of teaching vocabulary

WAYS OF PRESENTING THE MEANING OF NEW WORDS

1. 
   concise definition (as in a dictionary; often a superordinate with qualifications: for example, a cat is an animal which...);
   
2. 
   detailed description (of appearance, qualities...) ;
   
3. 
   examples (hyponyms) ;
   
4. 
   illustration (picture, object) ;
   
5. 
   demonstration (acting, mime) ;
   
6. 
   context (story or sentence in which the item occurs) ;
   
7. 
   synonyms;
   
8. 
   opposite(s) (antonyms) ;
   
9. 
   translation;
   
10. 
    associated ideas, collocations.
    

Identify which one or more of the techniques were used in your own idea(s) for presentation. If you are in a group: were there any techniques which

tended to be more popular, others which were barely used? On second thoughts: would you/could you have used other techniques to supplement your original idea for presentation?

4. 
   On the basis of your own reflection, discuss orally or in writing generalizations that can be made about the usefulness of the different techniques.
   
5. 
   Each participant prepares a vocabulary activity which they think is effective. Teachers with some experience may bring activities they have used; others may recall ideas from their own language-learning experience or that they have observed, or find suggestions in books or simply create new ones.
   
6. 
   The activities are presented to the group. This is best done by actually performing them, the presenter role-playing the teacher and the others the students; in this way you get the 'feel' of the procedure and remember it well. But doing it this way is very time-consuming, so in a large group some people may have to simply describe their activities, or present them in written form.
   
7. 
   A discussion should follow each presentation, on questions such as: What was the main objective of the activity (awareness-raising/presentation of new vocabulary/review and practice)? What particular aspects of vocabulary did the activity focus on? How effective was it, and why? How interesting/enjoyable was it? For what sort of class, or situation, is it appropriate? Were there any unusual or original aspects of it which you would like to discuss?
   

1. 
   Prepare a lesson plan for teaching words of different types at
   the stage of presentation. Use any Pupil's Book you like.
   
2. 
   Prepare a series of situations to stimulate pupils to use the words
   presented. Use two forms of speech: dialogue and monologue.
   
3. 
   Prepare a test on vocabulary (a) for oral testing, (b) for written
   testing.
   
4. 
   Produce a mind-map with the key word "food with a taste ". Possible list of tastes is "spicy, bitter, salty, sweet, sour, creamy, crunchy and greasy". One word has been written for you.
   

Lexical items can be practiced by placing words in a table.
Give the food that has the taste as shown in the table.