DEFINITIONS
•grammar is the whole system and structure of a language in genral, usually taken a consisting of:
•Syntax: arrangement of words into larger units
•Morphology: Structure and form of words
•Phonology : Sounds of a language
•Semantics: meanings of language
•Pragmatics: functions of language and its use in context
Vocabulary is the main tool for the students in their attempt to use English effectively
•TRUE
•It is the basis for the development of all the other skills: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, speaking, writing, spelling and pronunciation.
MAIN REASONS TO LEARN VOCABULARY
MENTAL LEXICON DEFINITION
IT´S THE NAME GIVEN TO THE WAY HUMAN STORES AND PROCESS WORDS EITHER RAMDOMLY OR IN A LIST. AND HOW THE BRAIN INTERCONNECTS THEM
Main reason for communication problems is the lack of vocabulary
TRUE
•Cannot tell the meaning of a new word from sentence or paragraph.
•Cannot understand reading if students do no have a wide vocabulary
•With a poor vocabulary students fall behind and feel lost.
•Cannot tell you in detail what they are studying in English class
•Struggles to communicate what they are thinking.
•Uses the same words over and over again
•Unable to transfer new words to real life vocabulary.
• New words are easily forgotten and never used.
•Frustration
MAIN REASONS TO LEARN GRAMMAR
- To communicate clearly
-Better understanding of the language
-Verbal clarity, pronunciation
VOCABULARY DEFINITION
The collection of words known by an individual or by a large group of people. It may also signify the body of specialized terms in a field of study or activity
Teaching grammar is just a matter of explaining grammar rules to students.
•FALSE
•USE
•COMMUNICATION
•STRUCTURE
•MEANING
•UNDERSTANDING
MAIN REASONS FOR COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
•Cannot tell the meaning of a new word from sentence or paragraph.
•Cannot understand reading if students do no have a wide vocabulary
•With a poor vocabulary students fall behind and feel lost.
•Cannot tell you in detail what they are studying in English class
•Struggles to communicate what they are thinking.
•Uses the same words over and over again
•Unable to transfer new words to real life vocabulary.
• New words are easily forgotten and never used.
•Frustration
FUMP DEFINITION
FORM, USE, MEANING, AND PRONUNCIATION OF A WORD
Main Reasons Why Students Forget the Vocabulary is because of the teacher´s way of teaching
•TRUE
•It is important that teachers insist on the practice of vocabulary
•Insufficient recycling of the vocabulary acquired.
•Frequent review can dramatically reduce the rate of forgetting
•What really helps is to recycle the words in different ways and at equal levels of depth
•Make sure students really understand the meaning
•try to apply the new words to their real life events or activities.
MAIN REASONS THAT MAKES VOCABULARY LEARNING DIFFICULT
•Confidence
•Memory
•Learning style/teaching
•False Friends/cognates
•Pronunciation (clusters that are not used in L1)
•Meaning and use of words
VOCABULARY DEFINITION
It means: constructing complex web of words, so that items like black and White, or fingers and toes or family and brother are interconnected
An English learner needs to know from 200 to 400 words to communicate.
FALSE
Vocabulary learning also depends on the potential size of the lexicon in each case
*quality of exposure
*we have to see our student’s needs, capability, time, interest among other aspects, a good part of vocabulary acquisition has to be incidental
MAIN REASONS WHY STUDENTS FORGET VOCABULARY
-Insufficient recycling of the vocabulary acquired
-Lack of practice
-students don´t really understand words meaning
-There´s isn´t a connection with their mental lexicon