Current trends in teaching second language vocabulary By: Anita J. Sokmen University of Washington Vocabulary, Description, Acquisition and Pedagogy Edited by: Norbert Schmitt and Michael McCarthy Presenter: Loyda E. Jimenez De Jesus

Vocabulary Acquisition Central role in L2 Acquisition

Implicit VS Explicit Vocabulary Teaching What do you as educators believe to be the best way to teach vocabulary? Should it be taught explicitly or implicitly? Should it be taught at the same time?

Implicit Vocabulary Instruction Potential problems of implicit instruction; Guessing words in context Inferring word meaning Using flexible reading strategies

Implicit Vocabulary Instruction Potential problems of implicit instruction; Guessing from context Emphasis on inference skills

Implicit Vocabulary Instruction So, should implicit vocabulary instruction be taught separately?

Explicit Vocabulary Instruction Pedagogical themes: 1. Build a large sight vocabulary 2. Integrate new words with old words 3. Provide a number of encounters with the word

Explicit Vocabulary Instruction BUILD A LARGE SIGHT VOCABULARY

Explicit Vocabulary Instruction INTEGRATE NEW WORDS WITH OLD WORDS

Explicit Vocabulary Instruction PROVIDE A NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS WITH A WORD

Overall Personal Evaluation

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