WORDS GROUPS

FUNCTION WORDS  grammatical meaning: modal, auxiliary verbs, articles,

prepositions
they will be acquired throuht continued used in a range of
different discourse contexts.

CONTENT WORDS  lexical meaning: nouns, lexical verbs, adjetives

they can be taught more directly, they can be explained and talked
about.

LEARNING AND TEACHING VOCABULARY

Dynamic and continuous nature of vocabulary learning.

FIVE ESSENTIAL STEPS IN VOCABULARY ( Hatch and Brown)

·Having sources for encountering new words

· getting a clear image ( visual or auditory) for the forms of the new words
· learning the meaning of the words
· making a strong memory connection between the forms and meanings of the words
· using the words
Vocabulary needs to be met and recycled at intervals, in different activities, with new
Knowledge and new connections developed each time the same words are met again.

LEARNING THE MEANING OF NEW WORDS

BASIC TECHNIQUES

By demostration or pictures
using an object
·using a cut-out figure
· using gesture
· performing an action
· photographs
· drawing or diagrams on the board
· pictures from books

By verbal explanation
·Analytical definition
· putting the new words in a defining context
· translation into another language
FORM  how a word is pronounced and how it is written is part of word knowledge

 pupils need to hear a new word in isolation as well as in a discourse context.

MEMORY CONNECTIONS  memorising activities are needed for learning new words
for the first time, and for recycling vocabulary.