Central role in L2 Acquisition
What do you as educators believe to be the best way to teach vocabulary? Should it be taught explicitly or implicitly? Should it be taught at the same time?
Potential problems of implicit instruction; › Guessing words in context › Inferring word meaning › Using flexible reading strategies
Potential problems of implicit instruction; › Guessing from context › Emphasis on inference skills
So, should implicit vocabulary instruction be taught separately?
Pedagogical themes: › 1. Build a large sight vocabulary › 2. Integrate new words with old words › 3. Provide a number of encounters with the word
BUILD A LARGE SIGHT VOCABULARY
INTEGRATE NEW WORDS WITH OLD WORDS
PROVIDE A NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS WITH A WORD
Overall Personal Evaluation