How to teach vocabulary

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   HubPagesposted 15 years ago

   How to teach vocabulary

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   dandruffposted 15 years ago

   By teaching the roots,suffixes and prefixes . Thereby u can enumerate the words built on those . This way u can cover a lot

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   E. A. Wrightposted 15 years ago

   If you want to teach vocabulary, first teach a love for learning and language. Teach a love for reading. Teach a love for ideas, for debate, for storytelling and for self expression.
   
   Teach all this, and then the fancy words will come without effort. Teach all this, and the world will gain someone with a fresh and forceful voice.
   
   That's vital, because polysyllabic speechification -- when divorced from clear thinking and an honest desire to find the right words at the right moment -- is utterly useless.

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   Bridget Dposted 15 years ago

   Call me old school, but I really do believe that vocabulary skills are lost on the modern student. It is never too late to expand your vocabulary, whether you are in the second grade, or in the golden years of your life.
   In teaching another to... read more

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   Czaposted 15 years ago

   In the world we live in today, vocabulary is easily taught. We have many different ways to teach and learn vocabulary. personally I believe that vocabulary is learned more than taught. And some may say how can you learn without being taught. Easy who taught a six yr. old child whos parent dont expose them to a vulgar environment, how to curse. I'll tell you the cartoon on cartoon network "South Park" every other word is a curse word. So I use that example to say people learn vocabulary from the things around us, the television, the radio, and most of all books. Vocabulary comes in many different forms also we have ebonics, which is not really vocabulary at all but, people sure do use it alot where I'm from. For example ain't, where is that in your dictionary, and teachers dont teach words like that. So if you wanna teach a person vocabulary use your nearest resources.

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   TheBigWhiteBoatposted 15 years ago

   There are many fantastic ways to "teach" or learn or enhance YOUR vocabulary. There are a few great answers in this stream already; my input is...
   In order to really appreciate words and WHY they are spelled the way they are, and to encourage learning even MORE words- study the roots and origins of the words. Start with reading through a dictionary and familiarizing yourself with where the words come from. Study Latin and other primary languages. I recommend really getting into the Latin; learn about where the MOST important words come from to begin with, Once you consider the rich history of language, many new words will be added to your vocabulary and...the best part is; you will know what words mean upon the first time hearing them. Study Latin and read a dictionary. Look at roots and you will see a pattern. Learning Latin will help in test taking skills, vocabulary, problem solving and...heck, what could it hurt?! If you are teaching, teach the idea that words have a history; language has a history. Try encouraging a dialogue about fun words, or meaningful words...eg, lollipop, circumnavigate, etc...have FUN!
   
   
   Ashley

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   Caerleonposted 15 years ago

   I always found writing out flash cards were a great way for me to memorize vocabulary words.  I used a spiral bound set of 3x5 index cards.  (Sometimes you can fit more than one word on a card.)  I would carry my cards with me and whenever I had time I would practice them.  The process of writing them down also helps you to memorize them.

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   glenn wallaceposted 15 years ago

   One fun way to teach vocabulary to a small group is to pick the new word you want to teach, introduce it to the student(s) and then integrate it into some sort of running joke. I taught a kindergarten class English for a while, and the best time we had was learning the word "wear." Once they got the idea, we went around in a circle making funny sentences about what we could wear on our heads, like chickens, and cars, and cheeseburgers (all vocab words we'd previously learned).
   You can adapt the type of humor to the audience. I'm trying to learn Spanish with my wife, and each day we try to pick a new word out of the dictionary to build vocab. Recently the word was "Gallo." Lots and lots of gallo jokes followed, e.g. "Mi gallo es muy fuerte!"

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   Jane Greyposted 15 years ago

   As an English grammar and writing teacher, the last thing I want to do to my students is to overwhelm, frustrate, or bore them with a list of words and definitions to memorize. I have found that these methods and supplemental activities for teaching... read more

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    hassamposted 15 years ago

    Appealing youthful brains is most successful when education is fun.
    Initiating fresh notions through fresh techniques represents and maintains
    concentration. Different activities used for teaching vocabulary can be a lot
    enjoyable for the learners.... read more

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    pooja0908posted 15 years ago

    To improve you vocabulary by following few easy steps. read more

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    Dorothee-Gyposted 14 years ago

    I wrote an article on that here:
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Learning-vocabu … t-swotting
    
    Maybe it helps!
    
    Cheers,
    D.

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    LeisureLifeposted 14 years ago

    Language can be a difficult subject to teach...
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Language-in-the-Classroom

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