1. Teaching Vocabulary to 2nd Language Learners

2. The unbearable lightness of being a second language learner (or teacher)

3. words in the English lexicon
1,000,000
words in the English lexicon

4. 20,000 /
year
Added

5. What happens to things we learn?
The Forgetting Curve...
knowledge
The Forgetting Curve
time

6. Aspects of Word Knowledge
Depth
Productive
Breadth
Meaning
Speaking
Writing
WORD
Forms
Uses
Listening
Reading
Receptive

7. A WORD IS
NOT
A WORD

9. IDEA
is not just "idea"...

13. High Frequency 84% Function words Social 95% Content Words Academic
Low Frequency
95%
Content Words
Academic

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16. WORDCOUNT

17. Dolch List

18. 1st grade Dolch Sight Board

19. How
Some Strategies....

20. STRATEGIES

21. A Balanced Approach Contextual Explicit Learning Instruction Pre / Re
Assessment
Strategies
Taught
Wide
Reading

22. Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.

23. Cognates
Brother - Bruder

24. INFORMAL ASSESSMENT

25. WORD MAPS / CARDS

26. FRAYER MODEL

29. WORD WALLS

30. COMPARING

31. WORD WHEELS

32. LANGUAGE WHEELS

33. Word
Games

36. OTHER STRATEGIES Dictionaries Self-Collection Word Wizard Word Origins
Word Journals
Contextual
redefinition
Affixes
TPR
Idioms
Read Alouds

37. Technology (TTS)

38. Answer Tips

39. The End

40. 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