Teaching Vocabulary to 2nd Language Learners
The unbearable lightness of being a second language learner (or teacher)
words in the English lexicon 1,000,000 words in the English lexicon
20,000 / year Added
What happens to things we learn? The Forgetting Curve... knowledge The Forgetting Curve time
Aspects of Word Knowledge Depth Productive Breadth Meaning Speaking Writing WORD Forms Uses Listening Reading Receptive
A WORD IS NOT A WORD
IDEA is not just "idea"...
High Frequency 84% Function words Social 95% Content Words Academic Low Frequency 95% Content Words Academic
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WORDCOUNT
Dolch List
1st grade Dolch Sight Board
How Some Strategies....
STRATEGIES
A Balanced Approach Contextual Explicit Learning Instruction Pre / Re Assessment Strategies Taught Wide Reading
Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.
Cognates Brother - Bruder
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT
WORD MAPS / CARDS
FRAYER MODEL
WORD WALLS
COMPARING
WORD WHEELS
LANGUAGE WHEELS
Word Games
OTHER STRATEGIES Dictionaries Self-Collection Word Wizard Word Origins Word Journals Contextual redefinition Affixes TPR Idioms Read Alouds
Technology (TTS)
Answer Tips
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Recommended Online Sites / Resources COLORIN COLORADO PAUL NATION / ROBERT WARING LEARNING ARCADE GAMES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING HOT FOR WORDS BUZZ WORDS VOCABULARY RELATED RESOURCES BEEBO’S ZOO TARHEEL READER
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