subject: How To Do A Better Job Teaching Esl Terminology [print this page] Understanding new vocabulary or perhaps a new text is an important way of measuring an ESL student's academic success. To be able to know a word means they need to use it through communicative competence or, by speaking, listening and reading the new word in several contexts. Research reveals that the best way to understand a new concept is through discovery of the significance of the word.
When teachers present targeted vocabulary in a content-rich context, students can practice, understand and infer beyond the writing. There are lots of different and innovative ways to introduce vocabulary such as a song, storyline, a picture or a rap chant. The purpose of a context is to create some kind of "framework" within a text style where the reader is encouraged to understand, interpret, make sense and decode (i.e. what does each sound 'sound" like?) and decipher new vocabulary.
The circumstance will also determine how you will sequentially arrange the various parts of your session that will "glue" it together. Using a image to add new vocabulary is an effective form of vocabulary learning which can obviously lead to isolated vocabulary practice. If there is no context or there is an ambiguous context, students will not need the association and knowledge to activate background knowledge. They are going to suddenly become frustrated. Think about this as well : The text style and circumstance you use may also establish the strategy and goal of your teaching. If you are using a song to teach targeted vocabulary on the issue of endangered animals, students will be using their listening and reading skills to follow along with the song.
Building a framework is really important for building motivation when learning English as a second language. I recall an 8th grade EFL (English as a foreign language) lesson when I needed to teach targeted vocabulary that was connected with the text type of a "journal." so I really produced in my Snoopy diary from 1980 (I still own it!) and read to them snippets of the journal as a lead-in. i had 38 pairs of eyes glued to me and you could hear a pin drop in that class room! Not only did this help personalize my lesson, but students came to interpret and also understand that they might be reading additional examples of journal writing.
So what can we learn about teaching vocabulary or introducing a brand new text? The most common of all the pedagogical concerns before expecting students to comprehend a new text or practice new vocabulary, is presenting a context. Circumstance may also be enhanced by linking anything students have read with something they have spoken or listened to.
by: Jessica Wicks
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