vocabulary learning strategeis
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byMisakiKato
CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon
Vocabularylearningstrategies
(adaptedfromCohen&Weaver,2005,p.44)
Herearesomeideasabouthowyoucouldlearnnewvocabulary.Knowthateverybodyhasdifferentstrategiesthatworkwellforthem.Forexample,visualizationofnewwords(e.g.,usingillustrationorpictures)maybehelpfulforsomebody,butknowingpronunciationofnewwordsmaybehelpfulforsomebodyelse.Theimportantthingisthatyoucanthinkaboutyourownlearningstrategiesandevaluatehowwelltheyareworkingtoaccomplishyourpurpose.
Task:
Pickthetop3strategiesthatYOUthinkwouldworkforyourownvocabularylearning.Writedown1,2,and3nexttothelettersbelow.
Then,compareyouranswerswithyourpartner.Doyouguyshavesimilarordifferentpreferencesforvocabularylearningstrategies?
a. Categorization(e.g.sortingwordsbasedonmeaning,partofspeech,formalvs.informallanguageforms,alphabeticalorder,ortypesofclothingorfood)
b. Keywordmnemonics(e.g.,findinganativelanguagewordorphrasewithsimilarsoundsandcreatingavisualimagethattiesthewordorphrasetothetarget-languageword).
c. Visualization(e.g.,usingmentalimages,photographs,drawings,charts,orgraphs).
d. Rhyme/rhythm(e.g.,makingupsongsorshortrhymes).
e. Languagetransfer(e.g.,usingpriorknowledgeofnative,target,orotherlanguagestructures).
f. Repetition(e.g.,repeatingwordsoverandovertoimprovepronunciationorspelling,practicingwritingdownthewords,makingupstorieswiththewords,readingtextsthathavethewords,usingthewordsinconversation).
g. Otherstrategies.
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