TEACHING VOCABULARY

HOW TO TEACH ENGLISH VOCABULARY

If we want to help to acquire a new language and all concern about vocabulary we need to know
the following aspects.
2. Presente situaciones donde ejemplifique cada una de las estrategias que se utilizan para la
enseanza del vocabulario. Por favor tener en cuenta el archivo en PDF que se encuentra en el
Curso virtual.

REALIA: In this case the best way to apply this strategy is:

If we are talking about the classroom objects we can use all the objects that the students have with
them and the teacher starts saying: Show me your ruler, show me three colors In this case we
approach the real context to learn vocabulary.

PICTURES: An example in this part are the flashcards that the teachers use to teach a specific
vocabulary, is very important that we need to have with us some copies of the pictures with the
object of children play with that material and playing they learn easy and fast.

MIME, ACTION AND GESTURE: This is another way to learn and in this kind of
strategy our students may be part. We can divide the group in little groups and a
student does actions or gestures and the other groups try to guess the word or the
sentence.

CONTRAST: Is important to do this activity that the students know the vocabulary, and
we can use this part doing a game with opposite words to try to order and match.

ENUMERATION: If we can do enumeration as an activity is very important to have the

vocabulary learnt, an activity may be if were seen the numbers, teachers use some
flash cards where the first part is just the picture and the other is the number, the
students search the picture and and the number and match it.

EXPLANATION: Teachers need to have some activities to explain their students the
vocabulary according the age and the level. This strategy is use to reinforce all
questions.

SYNONYMS: English has synonyms as our language and we need to know that
vocabulary. An example is the adjectives if we are talking about a women we can use
some examples with the similar meaning.
Shes pretty shes beautiful Ella es bonita- Ella es Hermosa.
Shes thin Shes slim Ella es delgada

ANTONYMS: Other important part likewise the previous example we can use the
vocabulary to do examples like these.
Shes pretty shes ugly Ella es bonita Ella es fea
Shes happy Shes sad. Ella est feliz Ella est triste.

DEFINITION: With definition we can use a crossword to apply learned vocabulary. We

can put the definition and the crossword has the word to find.

POLISH EQUIVALENT: An example here is that the teacher gives the translation of the
vocabulary in the national language and the students guesses the Word in foreign
language.