Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 1 Tailored Professional Development Program for Vietnamese Teacher Trainers of English, Batch 9 6 June – 21 October 2011 Use of IT in the Classroom: Resources to Build Vocabulary Lessons Dr. Alexander Arguelles
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 2 Overview Now that you have systematically reviewed which dictionaries and thesauruses are best for you and your students to use, you are also in a better position to plan vocabulary lessons. The Web is so full of sites and sources that finding and selecting the best ones can be difficult, but those that follow can all be recommended:
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 3 General guidelines on vocabulary teaching Audio answers to important questions about vocabulary teaching: jsp?id= jsp?id=4507 Guidelines for teaching vocabulary: practices/vocabulary/pdf/guidelines_vocab.pdf practices/vocabulary/pdf/guidelines_vocab.pdf
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 4 Ready Made Materials & Lessons 65 Individual Vocabulary Lessons: ns.asp ns.asp Lesson Plans Central ex.htm ex.htm Lesson Plans Page: Stone Fox vocabulary activities Bill Klepper ll_klepper.pdf ll_klepper.pdf Bingo Lingo ngo_lingo.pdf ngo_lingo.pdf
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 5 Concept Definition Maps Lesson Plan sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _concept.pdf sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _concept.pdf Teacher Resources sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _tr_AllConcept.pdf sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _tr_AllConcept.pdf Other Graphic Organizers sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _sr_allgo.pdf sources/pdf/r/reading_bestpractices_vocabulary _sr_allgo.pdf
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 6 Jan Brett Dolch Word Lists Basic Word Lists: word_list_main.htm word_list_main.htm High Frequency Word Lists: word_list_main.htm word_list_main.htm Worksheets and Resources: nology.com/language_arts/dolch/ nology.com/language_arts/dolch/ Activities:
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 7 Vocabulary Compendium Sites English Media Lab (vocabulary videos) ESL Gold (study and learning materials) Instructors Web (lesson plans, worksheets) Vocabulary (activities, lists, sites) Web English Teacher (various links)
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 8 Vocabulary Tools Word List Generator AntConc 3.2.1w c_index.html c_index.html Range nation.aspx nation.aspx
Copyright SEAMEO RELC Dr. Alexander Arguelles 9 Computer Lab Activity Investigate and review the sites listed above to select as much material as you can that will be useful for you to incorporate into your lesson planning upon return to Vietnam. Explore as many links as you like on the suggested sites, but do not explore vocabulary games today, as I will provide a separate lists of recommendations for these next time. Take one specific lesson that you have taught before and change/update it by integrating as much new material as possible to show the class next time.