Building Vocabulary Karen Jogan, Ph.D. [email protected] PERU TESOL 2011.

Building VocabularyBuilding VocabularyBuilding VocabularyBuilding VocabularyKaren Jogan, Ph.D.Karen Jogan, [email protected]

PERU TESOL 2011PERU TESOL 2011

Karen Jogan [email protected]

Stress• Stress timed rhythm• Syllable timed rhythm


English is Stress-Timed!

• Mary had a little lamb• Its fleece was white as snow• And everywhere that Mary went• Her lamb was sure to go!


Salad Bowl• Clap the syllables in the word• Organize vocabulary by number of

syllables


• Cucumber• Blue Cheese Dressing• Arugula• Cherry tomato• Onion• Avocado


Time to make a salad!• Clap ingredients in a salad• Can your partner identify the

ingredients?


Your turn!• Make a list of 5 things that you are

wearing today.• Clap for the syllables for your

partner.• If your partner cannot guess, point

to the item!


Minimal pairs


#1 or #2?• Bit• Bat• But• beet

• Bite• Bait• Bought• bet


#1 or #2?• Walk• Mill• Park• Go

• Walked• Milk• Parked• goes


Your turn!• Make a list of five pairs of words

that your students have problems with.

• Now, show your partner your list.• Let your partner tell you if the

word you are saying is #1 or #2


Pronunciation Bingo• Bit• bid• But• Bat• Bought• beet

• Bait• Bite• Boat• Bet• bed


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1

2


Your turn!• What words do your students have

difficulty “hearing”?• What strategies can you use to

help with listening and pronunciation?


Instant Words• Dr. Eduard Fry (1993) ranked

English words in frequency order.• For fluent reading, students should

be able to recognize the most common words “instantly.”

• The first 25 instant words make up 33% of all reading material in English.

Fry word lists and activities

• http://www.uen.org/k-2educator/word_lists.shtml

• http://www.candohelperpage.com/sightvocab_1.html


Your turn!• WHY are these called “instant

words”?• What strategies will you use to

help your students learn Fry’s “instant words”?


Irregular words• Difficulty Factors

– How the word “looks” and how it is actually pronounced

– Which words requires more practice?

•car•Although•Debt•want


• What words are difficult for your students?


Strategies• Select words that are useful• Select upcoming words• Limit words introduced• Introduce similar words together


Similar words• Walk, talk, chalk• Give, live• Would, could, should• Brother, other, mother


You can’t pre-teach every hard word

• Choose words carefully– Important to understand the text– Can’t be predicted in the text– Likely to be seen again– Useful– Idiomatic - frequent


Spell Words• Students

– See and hear word– Say the word– Clap syllables– Spell it letter by letter– Repeat the word


Let’s practice• Conestoga• Portfolio• Through• Doubtful• Celebration• Comfortable


• By spelling, students have to attend to all of the letters in the word!

• Students reaffirm learning through reading the word


Word Banks and Walls• Personal collections of words• Teachers can create Word Walls


Word Study Notebooks• Collections of words• Sort words• Draw and label words• Write sentences using words

studied


Sections of Notebook• Regular words• Irregular words• Homophones• Personal words


Graphic Organizers

barnhouse


Use words to write..• Imagine that you are a weather

forcaster.• Use these words in your report;

• Today, rain, cloudy, north, seacoast, tomorrow, temperature


Word Games• Make a crossword puzzle• Act out words (pantomime)• Map words• Categorize, Classify, and Organize

words into categories


Criss Cross Puzzle• http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeduca

tion.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp


Use Antonym

Synonym

Word


Your turn!• Create a word

map

Use Antonym

Synonym

Word


Your turn!• Create a vocabulary game…• What words will you use?• What game will you create?


PAVE• Prediction• Association• Verification• Evaluation

Thank you!


Building Vocabulary Karen Jogan, Ph.D. [email protected] PERU TESOL 2011.

Documents

word slide

bet slide

mother slide

english words

similar words

pairs of words

upcoming words

common words