Vocabulary learning is one of the most challenging aspects of foreign language acquisition. There is a wealth of theories and techniques which foster better acquisition and assimilation of the vocabulary items. In this article, we will touch upon the principles of vocabulary learning suggested by Paul Nation, an American-New Zealander leading language teaching methodology and...
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Tempting lesson ideas to teach food vocabulary
Food, restaurants, cooking, making ingredients’ lists, sharing recipes – all of these can become great exercises for engaging students with the English language at all levels. Food-related topics are easy to teach because there is a wealth of great visual material support available to spice up your lessons. They also provide eternally topical material that...
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Boost your vocabulary – Top 6 easy home challenges
In this infographic, Skyeng teacher, Natalia Kolbina, shares her handy tips on enlarging vocabulary. Наталья Колбина
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Words Slipping Away: How Not to Forget Vocabulary If You Are an ESL Teacher
How many words do you actually know? Remember the time when you finished learning English and started teaching it. The word-stock then seemed to remain stable, without major gains or losses. However, is it still the same? Unfortunately, after we start our teaching practice, we mostly deal only with a certain amount of words within...
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Lexical approach with teens: teaching vocabulary
Lexical approach is one of many ways of analysing and teaching a language. What we know about the lexical approach is: it is organized around vocabulary rather than grammar; it involves a lot of recycling of previously used language; it is aimed at developing students’ ability to notice language and ‘chunk’ it successfully. It can...
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Pre-Teaching Vocabulary to Kids
I am so excited to say that pre-teaching is the easiest thing to do and for me personally, probably the most fun. I’d rather pre-teach vocabulary than having to go through grammar rules and implementing them. Pre-teaching vocabulary is great because the general rule of thumb stays the same whether you are teaching children or...
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Fun Ways of Practicing Business Vocabulary
Teaching Business English is of great challenge for a lot of teachers in terms of adding a fun part in the lesson and helping the students get fully engaged in it. However, Business English classes can also be equipped with great vocabulary games which provoke curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. We have sorted out some...
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Online teaching tools for vocabulary practice
How do I practise new vocabulary in Skype? How do I make my lessons engaging, interactive and creative? Here are some tools you can use to vary typical tasks and create new ones. Hangman A well-known Hangman game for 2 or more players. Think of a word and encourage your students to guess it by...
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Vocabulary games for upper-intermediate and advanced students
Having high-level students seems to be fun: you can talk about anything. Make sure to check out Alexander’s vocabulary games to make all that speaking a little bit more organized.
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Vocabulary games for beginners and elementary students
Skyeng teacher Sasha came up with a couple of games to help your low-level students speak more and enjoy your lessons! Check it out!
