Comments on: what does it mean to know a word? http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/ teaching and learning languages Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick Jaworski http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Nick Jaworski Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:29:58 +0000 http://www.livesofteachers.com/?p=38#comment-25 Darren, the idea I like most in this post is of testing students on vocabulary that they've chosen. You're giving students the power to develop their English in ways they feel are appropriate and then incorporating that into the class. I really like it. Rather than a test, perhaps you could do some kind of share your knowledge activity where the learners demonstrate some of the vocabulary they've learned to each other. Something I find useful to do with my Turkish students is to take 10 new vocabulary words we learned in a lesson and then give 5 to the boys and 5 to the girls. They then have to use a number of the strategies you have in your pdf there and give it to me as homework the next day. A week later I'll check the 10 words to see who remembers and, inevitably, the boys remember mostly their words and the girls remember mostly theirs. Then I ask the students why and they remember the homework. It's a great way to convince your students of the effectiveness of these strategies. Darren, the idea I like most in this post is of testing students on vocabulary that they’ve chosen. You’re giving students the power to develop their English in ways they feel are appropriate and then incorporating that into the class. I really like it. Rather than a test, perhaps you could do some kind of share your knowledge activity where the learners demonstrate some of the vocabulary they’ve learned to each other.

Something I find useful to do with my Turkish students is to take 10 new vocabulary words we learned in a lesson and then give 5 to the boys and 5 to the girls. They then have to use a number of the strategies you have in your pdf there and give it to me as homework the next day. A week later I’ll check the 10 words to see who remembers and, inevitably, the boys remember mostly their words and the girls remember mostly theirs. Then I ask the students why and they remember the homework. It’s a great way to convince your students of the effectiveness of these strategies.

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]]> By: aliceayel http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-18 aliceayel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:07:34 +0000 http://www.livesofteachers.com/?p=38#comment-18 Darren, I find this very helpful thank you. I would like to use your templates for my Spanish students. Could you email them to me in word documents? Thank you :) Darren, I find this very helpful thank you. I would like to use your templates for my Spanish students. Could you email them to me in word documents?
Thank you :)

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