Department of Education

Bureau of Learning Delivery

Teaching and Learning Division

National Training
on Literacy Instruction
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Session 6

Employing Vocabulary
Instruction for Effective
Word Structure and
Meaning Recognition
Presented by:
Gretel Laura M. Cadiong, Ed. D.
Education Program Supervisor
Schools Division of Tacloban City
Region VIII
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Our expectations!
1. Explain that vocabulary skill will
better equip a learner develop
reading comprehension and fluency;

2. Plan interesting and innovative ways

how vocabulary instruction can be
delivered in the classroom or
through self-learning modules.
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1. Vocabulary is the knowledge of

word and word meaning.
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2. Vocabulary links phonics and

comprehension.
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3. Vocabulary is a thinking tool.

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4. Vocabulary development begins

when the child enters school.
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5. Translations should be the first

strategy to use in building vocabulary.
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6. All difficult words in the story or

article to be read or listened to should
be unlocked.
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7. Early vocabulary acquisition takes

place through oral contexts.
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8. Vocabulary instruction should

always be taught explicitly.
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Task 1
Word Swell
• Build words around the base or root word “arm”.
• Form as many words as possible by adding a prefix,
a suffix or both. The more words you form the better.
• Show your output through this chart:
word Its use ( part of meaning
speech)
arm verb To provide with a
weapon
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Task 2
Word Fashion
Create or fashion words from the letters in the circle
to complete the puzzle:
M A
R M M
O
R
N S
O M N
S
M A R M
O
M N N
M N
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Task 3
Word Record
• Keep a record of this word: fragment
• Use a card to keep its data or information.
NAME:

(ETYMOLOGY) (SYMBOL/ LOGO/ ICON)

Gender: (Part of Speech)
Date of Birth: (Year First Used) Put picture here
Place of Birth: ( Place Originated)
Parent’s Name: (Word Origin)

(VARIATIONS) can be synonyms/ (DEFINITION/S)

antonyms or other forms Description
SIBLINGS:
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Share your thoughts

1. How did you find the tasks?
2. How would these kind of activities promote
the learning of vocabularies?
3. Should vocabulary development be
facilitated all the time with these kind of
activities? Why?
4. How else can we teach vocabulary
development?
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Pre-Viewing Questions
1. What are the kind of vocabularies?
2. How do children acquire meaning vocabulary?
3. What kind of vocabulary will help learners go through their
academic tasks?
4. How would learners use their receptive vocabulary? Their
expressive vocabulary?
5. What lays the foundation of vocabulary learning?
6. How can vocabulary development be taught?
7. What are the ways vocabulary can be taught implicitly?
8. What are the techniques in explicit vocabulary instruction?
9. How would teachers create a rich-print environment?
10. What are some of the ways that will foster word consciousness
among the learners?
11. What will make picture clues as technique in developing
vocabularies more effective?
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Viewing the Video:

Employing Vocabulary
Instruction for Effective Word
Structure and Meaning
Recognition
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Get it done!
Choose one competency from the list below. Craft a
self-learning module that learners can do at home.
• EN3V-IIab-5 Show understanding of meaning of words
with initial consonant blends through drawing, actions,
and using them in sentences
• EN4V-IIe-33 Use prefixes and root words as clues to get
meaning of words
• EN6V-IIIa8.1 EN6V-IIIa8.2 Clarify meaning of words using
dictionaries, thesaurus
• EN5V-Id-12 and 13 Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words
( affixes) based on given context clues (synonyms,
antonyms, word parts) and other strategies.
Send your output to this email: _______________ or
send it via messenger to _____________________
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1. Vocabulary is the knowledge of word and word meaning.
2. Vocabulary links phonics and comprehension.
3. Vocabulary is a thinking tool.
4. Vocabulary development begins when the child enters
school.
5. Translations should be the first strategy to use in
building vocabulary.
6. All difficult words should be unlocked.
7. Early vocabulary acquisition takes place through oral
contexts.
8. Vocabulary instruction should always be taught explicitly.
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The limits of my language

are the limits of my
universe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe