EDM, 2010. — 144 p. — ISBN 978-605-5986-06-3.
In this book you will find: 1) The importance and difficulty of learning vocabulary; 2) The teaching of vocabulary in the classroom; 3) Various tecniques in teaching and learning vocabulary; and many examples of games for teaching vocabulary.
ContentsThe Importance and Difficulty of Learning Vocabulary.Memory.Types of Memory.
Organisation of Vocabulary in the Brain.
Reasons for Forgetting.
Practical Implications for Teachers.Memorisation Techniques.
Meaningful Tasks.
Guided Discovery.
The Key Word Technique.
Rote Learning.
Recycling.
Written Storage Systems for Learners.
Personal Category Sheets.
Visuals.
Alphabetical Index.
Labelling.
Random Items.
The Teaching of Vocabulary in the Classroom.Types of Words.Content Words.
Function Words.
Types of Vocabulary.Passive / Receptive Vocabulary.
Active / Productive Vocabulary.
Teaching Vocabulary in Context.
Teaching the Active Use of Vocabulary: A General Approach.
How Many New Words in a Lesson.
Learners’ Needs.
Pre-teaching.
Unplanned Vocabulary Teaching.
Various techniques in teaching and learning vocabulary.Visual techniques.
Aural techniques.
Verbal techniques.
Definition.Connotation: Implied Meaning.
Synonyms.
Antonyms.
Word Formation and Parts of Speech.
Cognates.
Series.
Semantic Fields.
Scales/Clines.
Games.
Riddles and Tongue Twisters.
Consulting Others or Dictionaries.
Contextual Guesswork.
Concept Forming.
Sayings, Proverbs, Quotations, Mottos, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs
Role-play Activities and Simulations.
Example Sentences.
Superordinates and Hyponyms.
Activity.
Process.
Topic.
Collocation.
Translation.
Kinaesthetic, Olfactory, Gustatory Techniques.
A Final Word on Teaching Vocabulary.Glossary.
References.
Appendices.Study Aid Questions.
Assignment Texts.
Word Games.
110 Confusables.
Index.
AuthorShe was born in Ankara, in 1945. She studied at T.E.D. Ankara High School, Gazi Teachers College, Hacettepe University (B.A. in Linguistics), Middle East Technical University (M.A. in E.L.T), Hacettepe University (Ph.D. in applied Linguistics), Leeds University postgraauate diploma in TEfL), and Leeds University and Edinburgh Moray House College of Education (two courses in teacher education).
She taught at T.E.D, Ankara Private High School for seven years before transferring to Gazi Teachers College in 1974, now Gazi Faculty of Education, where she is currently teaching.
She has also written the book Teaching Grammar.