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This 4 page paper reports and discusses numerous strategies and techniques teachers can use to teach vocabulary to ELL students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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2006). It may be helpful for teachers to know that people need to be exposed to a word between 10 and 16 times before they remember it (Sasson, 2007). This
author states there are four specific stages students go through in learning new vocabulary words: the learner first notices the word with help, the learner learns to recognize the word
with help, the student recognizes the new word on their own, and the learner not only recognizes the word, they can produce it on their own (Sasson, 2007). Learning new
words is a very complex activity. There are numerous different strategies that have been shown to be successful. For example, Joseph Pettigrew, a professor at Boston University, published two dozen
ideas teachers can use (Pettigrew, 2008; Haring, 2006). Pettigrew separated his ideas into categories, which are illustrated in the following samples: * Oldies but goodies include matching synonyms and antonyms
and filling in blank sentences with the proper word (Pettigrew, 2008; Haring, 2006). Synonyms are used to match similar things and antonyms are used to match opposites (Haring, 2006). *
Variations of oldies but goodies include having students choose all the possible answers to stimulus phrases, such as "He at=e lunch in the _____." The choices include: cafeteria, restaurant, snack,
snack bar, salad bar, and diner (Pettigrew, 2008). * Labeling pictures can also help students learn names of different things (Haring, 2006). Visuals are very important for language learners. *
Providing lists of categories also helps the student. Each category contains words that fit into that category (Haring, 2006). Examples might include lists of fruit, vegetables, meats, or any other
category. * Matching questions such as: Where would you find ____? The responses include: "an MD _______; a Ph.D. ____, an MP _________ with the matching column including places
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