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Effective Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary: An Introduction to Engaging Cooperative Vocabulary Card Activities |
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| Creator | 1. Sheridan, Robert 2. Markslag, Laura |
| Title | Effective Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary: An Introduction to Engaging Cooperative Vocabulary Card Activities |
| Publisher | สถาบันภาษา จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Journal Title | PASAA : a journal of language teaching and learning |
| Journal Vol. | 53 |
| Page no. | 214_229 |
| Keyword | vocabulary cards,high frequency vocabulary,cooperative learning activities |
| ISSN | 2287-0024 |
| Abstract | Despite the vast extent of the English vocabulary,it has been estimated that only around 2400 highfrequency word families, which are found on Browne,Culligan, and Phillips' (2013) New General Service List(NGSL), make up over 92% of most general Englishtexts. Several studies have shown that a word must beencountered anywhere from six (Saragi, Nation, &Meister, 1978; Rott, 1999) to 20 times (Herman,Anderson, Pearson, & Nagy, 1987) for a learner toacquire it. Unfortunately, many EFL textbooks do notadequately recycle high frequency vocabulary andlearners may not have enough encounters with thesecritical words in their language classes (Nation, 1993).This raises the question of how teachers can ensurelearners encounter high frequency vocabulary on aregular basis. In this paper, we describe how learnermadevocabulary cards help students initially learnthe lexical items found on the NGSL and otherimportant special purpose vocabulary lists. We then present a variety of engaging cooperative learningactivities that reinforce the learning of these lexicalitems, thereby overcoming the lack of recycling in mostEFL textbooks. These exciting activities have been wellreceived by learners across levels in a variety of EFLcontexts. |
