Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar

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Do you know about vocabulary?

Vocabulary (from the Latin for "name," also called wordstock, lexicon, and lexis) refers to all the words in a language that are understood by a particular person or group of people. There are two main types of vocabulary: active and passive. An active vocabulary consists of the words we understand and use in everyday speaking and writing. Passive vocabulary is made up of words that we may recognize but don't generally use in the course of normal communication.

Do you know about grammar?

Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar as the "rules" of a language, but in fact no language has rules*. If we use the word "rules", we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages started by people making sounds which evolved into words, phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call "grammar" is simply a reflection of a language at a particular time.

Vocabulary and grammar are interdependent: Language users need to understand the complex interaction between vocabulary and grammar which will help learners to be fluent speakers and writers. Vocabulary and grammar are stored together in the mental lexicon in typical combination rather than in isolation. Therefor, they should be learnt together. From picking up words to knowing words : When children pick up new words, they might be able to recognize a vocabulary item without knowing the exact meaning which will make it not easy for them to remember and use the word later. Knowing an item of vocabulary will also include being able to spell it correctly and knowing grammatical information about it. The more we know about a word, the more we enter the world of grammar. Learning grammar is a messy process : Learning grammar is very dry activity. Therefor, it is better to be noticed from the meaning-focused input. Children need to be able to see the relationship between form and function. Learning grammar is not a liner process which means it is natural for children to make mistakes and acquire grammatical forms only partially at first. Teacher of young learners have to provide lots of meaningful practice, recycling, and guidance in attending to language form. The role of deliberate practice : Recycling and revising both vocabulary and structures is important in TEYL classroom and they offer natural opportunities to integrate the language skills. Learning grammar in a holistic way: For young children, vocabulary and grammar should be learnt in a holistic way and only when they grow older and begin to show interest in language analysis, can separation begin with powerful tool of analysis while they continue to learn from rich input. Learning vocabulary: Children enjoy vocabulary learning and they can understand the concept of words well before the concept of grammar. When presenting vocabulary to the young children, teacher can first introduce things they can see, feel, play with, touch, and experience every day.

Teaching English Vocabulary 

• How children learn the meanings of words * Aitchison (1987): 

1. Labelling: children must discover that sequences of sound can be used as names for things 

2. Packaging: children must find out which things can be packaged together under 1 label 

3. Network-building: children must work out how words relate to one another

Techniques to Teach Vocabulary 

Demonstration techniques: 

1. Using objects 

2. Using drawings 

3. Using illustrations, pictures, photos, flashcards 

4. using actions, mime, expressions and gesture 

5. Pointing, touching, tasting, feeling, smelling 

6. using technology

Verbal techniques: 

1. Explaining 

2. Defining the context 

3. Eliciting 

4. Describing 

5. Translating

Vocabulary practicing, memorizing, and checking activities 

This involves: 

1. Classifying/ sorting 

2. Giving instructions 

3. Picture dictation 

4. What’s missing? 

5. Kim’s game 

6. Wordsearches 

7. Sequencing 

8. Labelling

Learning English Grammar 

What grammar to teach? 

1. facts 

2. patterns 

3. choices --> secondary schools

Principles in Teaching Grammar to Young Learners 

1. Focus your instruction on meaning 

2. Avoid using meta-language 

3. Use visuals 

4. Provide additional practice 

5. Recycle 

6. Use all five senses

Developing Strategies for Grammar Learning 

1. Language Files 

2. Self/ peer-testing 

3. Marking changes with coloured pens 

4. Looking for patterns and creating their own 

5. Comparing English structure and L1 

6. Learning from mistakes

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References

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/what.htm

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/what.htm

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