Focus on Teaching Vocabulary

Presenting new words

1) Preare examples to show meaning. examples should be well-chose and weighed.

2)Ask students  to tell the meaning first. teachers should always elicit meaning from students before they offer the meaning.

3)think about how to show the meaning of a word with related words such as synonyms, antonyms tec.

4)Think about how to chek students' understanding

5)think about the context inreal life where the word might be used. relating newly learned language to real life promotes high motivation.

6)Think about possible misunderstanding or confusion that student may have.

 Consolidating vocabulary

 Labelling

 spotting the differences

 describing and drawing

 playing a game

 using  word thermometers

 using word series

 word bingo

 word association

 Old Man out Game

 Synonyms and antonyms

 using word categories e.g:jobs fruits clothes drinks animals countries

 using word net-work

Developing vocabulary building strategies 

 Review regually

Guess meaning from context

organize vocabulary effectively

use learned vocabulary