Different Ways To Teach Vocabulary

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas While sentence structure and grammar are the foundation of the English Language, vocabulary is the glue that holds it together. An expansive vocabulary allows students to feel confident in their abilities and communicate more effectively. There are many methods of teaching vocabulary and in each class, the teacher may need to use different methods. This is because each class will be made up of different students each with their own learning style. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Caitlin O. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Vocabulary is important to teach in the very first lessons because it is how students will be able to understand the words they need to use for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jieling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I chose the topic of ‘teaching vocabulary’ because of my current teaching experience and the age group I am teaching, more specifically-young learners. I teach children between the ages of 4 and 6. Teaching children of that age means that my lessons do not contain grammar points, we spend most of the time learning new words through playing games, singing songs,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lishan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching vocabulary is of the upmost importance in the classroom. Without a well-developed vocabulary, students will not be able to communicate in English about many different subjects. Over the past few months I have tried a few different methods while teaching vocabulary. During that process I found a method that works best with my communication style. The method...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beijiazao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Datong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have taught in kindergarten and in primary school. In addition, during this time what I have learned is that kids master the most from the vocabulary. Vocabulary is the easiest way to prepare kids for the future. It is very important we teach students vocabulary every lesson. While, there is no way that they know all the vocabularies with meanings. With my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinding Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yan'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Lewis (1993) claims that “Lexis is the core or heart of language” (p 89). Indeed, it is one of the basic steps of mastering a foreign language. Vocabulary knowledge is what makes verbal communication between people possible. Most teachers face problems when teaching new items. They feel the need to use techniques to have an effective lesson. Over the years,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaman Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The stories and tales convey a popular culture coming from the old oral tradition and have a timeless aspect, they have been attracting a lot of people for decades, it is the basis of all the communicating things surrounding us at this moment: Movies, books, news or even people's conversation; everything is based on different types of story...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaoqiu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongchuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching Vocabulary Vocabulary can be understood as a database of words or the range of a language where the range is defined by the number of words known, either for a person or for a group. The impact a word can make on any particular is well understood and as said by David Crystal “Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using”, thus...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shanqiandian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yantai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Reading is important in developing language skills. While we may speak every day, the vocabulary used is often limited. For people who speak more than one language, reading is an easy way to help their language skills and important to develop their fluency. Reading books ensure exposer to vocabulary on different topics, words that may not be head otherwise in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bianlin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dezhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. While sentence structure and grammar are the foundation of the English Language, vocabulary is the glue that holds it together. An expansive vocabulary allows students to feel confident in their abilities and communicate more effectively. There are many methods to teaching vocabulary and in each class the teacher many need to use different methods. This is because...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Lewis (1993) claims that “Lexis is the core or heart of language” (p 89). Indeed, it is one of the basic steps of mastering a foreign language. Vocabulary knowledge is what makes verbal communication between people possible. Most teachers face problems when teaching new items. They feel the need to use techniques to have an effective lesson. Over the years, teachers have tried to find the most effective and practical strategies to teach vocabulary. They have been applying several methods like fill in the blank definitions, pre-teaching unfamiliar words and stressing high-frequency words. This essay will just focus on three strategies that can help teach vocabularies such as using visual aids, highlighting vocabulary in context and vocabulary...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Lewis (1993) claims that “Lexis is the core or heart of language” (p 89). Indeed, it is one of the basic steps of mastering a foreign language. Vocabulary knowledge is what makes verbal communication between people possible. Most teachers face problems when teaching new items. They feel the need to use techniques to have an effective lesson. Over the years, teachers have tried to find the most effective and practical strategies to teach vocabulary. They have been applying several methods like fill in the blank definitions, pre-teaching unfamiliar words and stressing high-frequency words. This essay will just focus on three strategies that can help teach vocabularies such as using visual aids, highlighting vocabulary in context and vocabulary...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yincheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have learned through this course and through observation that EFL teachers sometimes emphasize the productive skills (writing and speaking) at the expense of the receptive skills (reading and listening). The teaching of the receptive skills is critically important, however, so a good EFL teacher needs to be sure to balance the teaching of the productive skills...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Youwei Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shuozhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It often happens we want to say something but struggle to find the right word. As teachers, we are responsible for the language we use. At the same time, we should care about how to teach our students to express themselves without problems. More vocabulary means that students have more words at their disposal to use—plus they will understand more of the words they...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is important in developing language skills. While we may speak every day, the vocabulary used is often limited. For people who speak more than one language, reading is an easy way to help o develop their language skills and fluency. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Lidi L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Reading books ensure exposer to vocabulary on different topics, words that may not be head otherwise in our daily lives. Many studies have shown that people who read every day have a larger vocabulary than those who don’t. this is because they are exposed to more words which turn to increase their vocabulary. Learning to read boost linguistic awareness in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongdu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. With so many words in the English language, teaching vocabulary can seem like a very daunting prospect. Many non-English language learners have a limited vocabulary bank, so many of them can greatly benefit from the strategies we use in the classroom. First, a teacher must think what a student may need to know about an item and below are a few examples: • What it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jining Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This essay will deal particularly of teaching beginner students, students who have only started learning English, which whatever their reason may be for learning English. Beginner students can be scared, nervous, or even ready for whatever is thrown at them. That’s why we have to cater to them and make sure they know what is expected and that we’re here to help and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Vocabulary has always been one language area about which students usually complain and claim that it impedes language learning. The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether using the context for guessing the meaning of new vocabulary can solve this problem. The learning of vocabulary is an important part of foreign language learning. The meaning of new words is very frequently emphasized, whether in books or verbal communication. And also, English teachers have an important role in teaching new vocabularies. In this research, we will study different kinds of teaching vocabulary by using a dictionary or guessing on the context. Further, the study also attempted to reveal what kind of factors hinder or facilitate learning a word in context....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dezhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! English has spread widely all over the world, first because of the influence of the British Empire and, second due to the pre-eminence of North American influence in the world. In Europe, English has advanced as an international language especially after World War II, leaving behind other preeminent languages such as French. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangcun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xi'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. According to David Crystal (1941), ‘Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.’ While this may be true and speaks to the fundamental usage of vocabulary in any language, vocabulary can also be seen as world-building. Vocabulary is ‘the body of words used in a particular language’ (Google, 2019). While the aforementioned clearly identifies...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangguan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Within first and second language acquisition studies in the academic field of linguistics, there is much debate about what methods are the best to employ in the learning and teaching of vocabulary. It is, after all, one of the most fundamental parts of the ability to communicate in any language. In this essay, two different methods of acquiring vocabulary will be...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The use of Games in lesson plans for younger learners of the English Language is something that I think is very important. This is because they are excellent at providing a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere in the classroom. This helps in encouraging beginning students to participate. They also provide a challenge for more advanced students and are an excellent review tool (Ibrahim, 2017). Many types of games can be used in the classroom including board games, guessing games, matching games, and communication games. These can be used to teach vocabulary, grammar and speaking skills. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tania H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. One way...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongnan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xi'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. How to differentiate in the classroom Every person is unique and every person learns in different ways. Identifying how each individual learns might sound like a challenging task to perform as a teacher. However, there are several tests that institutions and teachers can provide to students in order to identify the different types of learners they have in their...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Every person is unique and every person learns in different ways. Identifying how each individual learns might sound like a challenging task to perform as a teacher. However, there are several tests that institutions and teachers can provide to students in order to identify the different types of learners they have in their classrooms. It is the theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner that shows how people have a variety in ways of learning. Some tests have been designed based on his theory and can be found online. Some of the Multiple Intelligences mentioned by Gardner include, but are not limited to Visual-Spatial, Linguistic-Verbal, Musical, Bodily-kinesthetic and Naturalistic. Through identifying the different types of learners, teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jianglou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaocheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Listening is perhaps the most important part of learning a second language for foreign learners. (Rubin & Thompson/ 1994) suggests that listening give more input for learners to stimulate learning and teaching listening exercises to attract the learners’ attention to the new language they are learning. Listening has been regarded as a necessary skill in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lishui-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Lishui-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| another good chapter that highlights at what level you would start your english teaching This unit 7 will certainly be useful to organize and prepare better my lessons according to their objective This unit 7 will certainly be useful to organize and prepare in a better way my lessons...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenzhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenzhou-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Prior to this lesson, I have certain knowledges about teaching students Prior to this lesson, I have certain knowledges about teaching students Prior to this lesson, I have certain knowledges about teaching students Prior to this lesson, I have certain knowledges about teaching students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shaoxing-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoxing-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Unit 7 has been one of the most helpful units so far It is important to study the most suitable ways in which new language should be introduced to students In this unit I have learned how to teach vocabulary and grammar in the right way This lesson introduced how teachers introduce new...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Buliu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The English language is fascinating. Its history development over hundreds of years, its rich vocabulary and fairly easy grammar system make English one of the most interesting languages. It is no wonder that it becomes the number one world’s language used by millions of speakers all over the world. The English language has two major sections, British English and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching a foreign language should involve the cultivation of four main skills, all of which benefit the learner in different ways. These skills include reading and listening, known as receptive skills, as well as writing and speaking, known as productive skills. Teaching productive skills especially benefit the language learner by expanding his or her active...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinhua-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinhua-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit was straight forward and good, nothing much to comment In this unit are discussed techniques as teaching new vocabulary, introducing vocabulary structures and teaching language functions Unit five goes over the vocabulary, grammar and functions involved with teaching a lesson to...  [Read more]