Posts Tagged ‘vocabulary’
Grades 6-8, ELA, ELL
Posted on: October 22, 2013
Experts Reveal Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary
From SmartLanguageLearner.com
note: we now have 38 experts sharing their opinion on learning vocabulary.
Aaahhhh, learning vocabulary!
It must be the sexiest element of learning a language.
And perhaps the most controversial.
It’s not for nothing that polyglots call it the
Kim Kardashian of the language-learning community.
(Actually, I made that up. 
)
To add fuel to the discussion, and most importantly, to bring you fantastically useful advice on learning vocabulary in your target language, I asked a bunch of experts, authors, translators and bloggers the following question:
If there was one method for learning vocabulary that you’d recommend to the world, which one would it be?
The response was nothing short of overwhelming.
Almost 40 replies flooded my inbox — creating a bomb of extremely balanced advice and giving you the opportunity to judge for yourself how to best go about learning more words in your target language.
The number of hours I put in to create this resource for you is near the number of replies but it was worth every second of it. There are really some golden nuggets down the page!
So, without further ado, let’s get comfortable and dive in!
Preschoolers Learn and Interpret Vocabulary Words Based on Emotional Cues
Posted on: October 18, 2013
From: 
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Excerpt:
It’s not only what you say, but how you say it.
Effective communication relies on far more than the denotation of the individual words we use. The very same words can convey different meanings depending on the intentions and emotional cues of the speaker. Adults are not unique in their ability to use and interpret expressed emotion as a contextual cue; children, even young children, possess the same ability as well, according to the findings published in Child Development.
Have you ever looked up a word and found so many meanings, you didn’t know what to do with it?!?
Posted on: October 18, 2013
Rachel’s English – American Pronunciation
http://www.rachelsenglish.com/blog/words-many-meanings
Kaplan International Colleges
From: Language Magazine
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Check out this resource when in doubt in your lesson planning activities. Must read!
From:
English Flash Games for Vocabulary Learning
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Go to the website and find the following links:
VOCABULARY GAMES
Action Verbs Game
Animals Memory Game
Christmas Game
Clothes Game
Colours Game
Face Maker
Family Game
Food Game
Halloween Game
Hangman
Numbers Game
Prepositions of Place Game
Scrambled Words
VOCABULARY LISTS
Action Verbs
Animals Vocabulary
Christmas Vocabulary
Clothes Vocabulary
Colours Vocabulary
Family Vocabulary
Food and Drink Vocabulary
Fruit and Vegetables Vocabulary
Halloween Vocabulary
Numbers
Parts of the Face
Posted on: September 26, 2013
11 Tips on Teaching Common Core Critical Vocabulary
“Teaching vocabulary within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is an essential component of standards-based curriculum alignment. Making the critical words second nature to our students will enhance achievement on assessments and will be useful in college and career. To process and store the academic vocabulary of the standards, our students’ brains require an efficient automatic memory system. This system, also called nonmotor procedural memory, stores information that is repeated, such as multiplication tables, song lyrics, words and definitions.” Read more…
Posted on: September 24, 2013
Learn-as-you-laugh language and vocabulary app for ages 8+
Shake your iPhone/iPad, Android or Windows 8 device to create a new silly sentence every time. Tap on the words to see the definitions. Perfect for learning in the classroom or on the go, this lightweight educational app features over 2000 words and definitions in 5 colorful and engaging themes – Animals, Fairytale, Monsters, Sports and Starter!
Mazzocchi ESL 