Multiple Choice
- To know a word, children need:
Its form, its meaning and its sound.
Its use, its meaning and its grammar.
Its form, its meaning and its use.
Its use, its provenience and its pronunciation.
3.Its form, its meaning and its use.
Interaction is not relevant in vocabulary development.
False
Regarding some of the activities or strategies proposed in the text to teach vocabulary to YLL, which one(s) do you think is(are) the most useful? why?
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For teaching and learning vocabulary we must consider:
Explicit and implicit teaching of vocabulary
Spontaneous interaction and media exposure
A vocabulary size
All the previous ones and more
4. All the previous ones and more
Children use word groups and chunks for social-interactional purposes.
True
What do you think about this statement: It is important to consider vocabulary as “the core component of all of the language skills” ?
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Chunks:
provide children with ready-made phrases they can use to express meaning.
help children develop fluency and express themselves more easily.
are very useful for children when expressing themselves and when building up an L2.
All of them.
4. All of them.
The Use of ICT isn’t an important support for vocabulary teaching and learning.
False
Why is the process of recycling important ?
To consolidate vocabulary.
Explicit learning refers to:
learning incidentally through exposure and use.
learning through focused, deliberate study.
learning through both, incidental and deliberate exposure to the language.
none of the above.
2. learning through focused, deliberate study.
ICT can be used to support both explicit and implicit vocabulary learning.
True
Why do you think that some teachers employ a limited variety of instructional practices in teaching vocabulary to children?
-Teachers' beliefs.
-Teachers' previous language learning experiences.
Meaning-focused input may involve:
children listening to stories, watching films or reading graded readers.
children taking part in spoken interaction, and writing creative stories.
explicit study of the high frequency vocabulary items.
recycling and consolidation of the already familiar vocabulary.
1. children listening to stories, watching films or reading graded readers.
Reading extensively is one of the most important ways in which children can learn vocabulary implicitly.
True
What are the 4 strands/characteristics for teaching and learning vocabulary? Explain.
Meaning focused input, meaning focused output, language focused learning, fluency development.